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DD's ear drum has just burst for the 16th time!!!!

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Aimsmum · 21/03/2005 13:51

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Aimsmum · 21/03/2005 20:55

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Earlybird · 21/03/2005 20:59

Glad the eyedrop suggestion worked.

Good luck with your meeting tomorrow. I don't envy you. Kind of hard to be lucid and concise when you're verging on delirious!

Sweet dreams, and here's hoping we both manage some sleep tonight!

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Aimsmum · 22/03/2005 10:08

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Marina · 22/03/2005 10:34

Do you know, it's a long time since I read a thread on Mumsnet that has made me feel less lonely in dealing with dd's ears. I am soooo tired (and like you Aimsmum work in HE, surrounded by bright-eyed, uncomprehending and enegetic students ) from being woken up all the time. It does help to know others know what it's like.
Hope both dds are feeling better today and your meeting goes OK Aimsmum.

lynny70 · 22/03/2005 10:45

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Earlybird · 22/03/2005 14:56

Aimsmum - I gave dd a dose of medicine last night before I went to bed, and was shocked to wake this morning around 7! So, everything is much better today. Thanks for asking. It's amazing how fast the antibiotics work. But, I can't be fooled into thinking she's fine because it's clear that she's OK as long as she has medication on schedule. She just had a bit of a sinking spell, but has now perked up because the most recent dose of medicine has taken effect. We're just now experiencing the lethargy that comes with too long in the flat with too little fresh air/physical activity - but I certainly prefer that to a dd in pain/discomfort!

Glad that things are better with your dd. How was your meeting?

Gosh lynny70, you sound an expert! Thanks for the tips, though I'm sorry you and dd had to go through the experiences to learn those solutions.

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Aimsmum · 22/03/2005 19:12

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PINNY · 22/03/2005 22:35

I haven't been on mumsnet for quite a while but a colleague of mine started a thread for me on this subject in December last year.
Aimsmum i too know exactly what your dd and you are going through - my 14 month old is on to her 7th (or 8th? beginning to lose count!) burst eardrum and i feel we are no further forward to getting any answers to making it better! I tried the no dairy diet - didn't make a difference to my dd, she has had so many antibiotics and we are always giving her paracetamol (which we are told to do!) but i really don't like having to rely on giving her this every other day! We have seen n ENT consultant who says that conservative management is the best!! But he is never in my house when dd is having another attack of severe pain!! He has mentioned grommets also but wasn't too positive about them so i'm really stuck aswell as to what to do with her. I just keep waiting for the next outbreak and absolutely dread it!
Sorry have kind of gone on a bit - i think i just needed to say i know what you are going through and it is so hard. I hope your dd gets better soon.

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Aimsmum · 23/03/2005 12:27

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Marina · 23/03/2005 12:40

Well, I am going to try xylitol despite the Reg we saw last time having a quick sneer.
I will also sound out the specialist's views on trying dairy-free and try some of Lynny's excellent ideas - Otomize for example. Lynny, are you in the UK? I've never heard of this treatment.
Adenoidectomy was originally suggested to me by a British mum resident in France who said it was the preferred solution to persistent ruptured eardrums. Everyone I know who has gone this route (OK, three children) has found it 100% successful.
I have aspirations to follow in Pamina's dd1's footsteps but am starting to doubt it will work out the same for us
Aimsmum boo to that. I seem to recall you mentioned e-resources in another HE thread. Are you also a librarian? I suspect we are being consistently turned down for flexible/part-time working in our sector because you can't really be a librarian from home, or so I'm told...the logic is there I guess, but...

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Aimsmum · 23/03/2005 15:02

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Aimsmum · 23/03/2005 15:06

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Aimsmum · 23/03/2005 20:41

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Aimsmum · 23/03/2005 20:43

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lynny70 · 23/03/2005 20:46

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Aimsmum · 23/03/2005 21:08

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Aimsmum · 24/03/2005 10:06

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FIMAC1 · 24/03/2005 10:10

Aimsmum - as well as cutting out dairy we saw a Cranial Osteopath in Churchdown Gloucestershire (Clive Hayden) my son cut out dairy and had about three treatments with Clive, so not sure which one did the trick!

Keep up with the dairy free - we are five years into it now and it does get easier (reading all the labels etc) and the best thing of all is that he hasn't had antibiotics for years

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Aimsmum · 24/03/2005 10:43

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