DW having surgey to help Menieres Disease
Ultimate Fighting Champions Dana White is going to have his left ear cut off!….and then re-attached. This surgery will help his Meniere’s disease. It wont cure it, but will cut his chances of an attack be 70%. And from what DW describes as an attack, you want NO part of it.
Source | MMAJunkie.com
“They’re going to cut my ear off,” White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “My left ear, they’re going to cut it off so they can get inside. They’re going to insert a tube, and this surgery is pretty new – within the last year, I think, this surgery has come out. They have to get inside there to insert a tube, so they have to go in there and go through the hole. They insert a tube, and then they reattach the ear.
“There were only two options before. There was medicine, which gave you a 50-50 chance of never having an attack. Then there was cutting the nerve, which is a very serious surgery. That’s only 95% if they cut the nerve. Nothing is 100% for this thing.”
“And it’s pain like you can’t imagine. You start sweating buckets of water. You can’t open your eyes. You curl up into a fetal position for hours or days. You just lay in bed and pray you fall asleep. You want the room as dark as you can get it.
“Apparently, what happens is sometimes some fluid can get in your ears,” White said. “It’s normal. It happens to everybody. But that’s what aggravates the nerve and causes the Meniere’s attack. This tube helps drain a little bit. You’ve got a 70 percent chance of not having an attack with this tube. I’ll take 70 over 50.”
“I appreciate everybody with all the kind words,” White said. “I love this sport, and I love everybody in it, and it’s awesome.
“This isn’t a negative thing. It’s a positive, and I’m excited about it.”