Johnny Ludden on Camby

[Ditty]

Something I found on the LA Clippers board at ESPN:

Rumor is Camby needs ear surgery

I read that he needs surgery to repair a torn eardrum...anyone else hear this? If true this is pretty sad given we'll never see our full team on the court this year. The ear is a pretty sensitive thing and helps coordinate balance so if he has surgery my guess is he'll be out for awhile

RE: On the post game radio show either Ralph or Brian said that he already had surgery on his ear to put tubes in. Supposedely his eardrum burst on one of the flights.

RE: If it is a burst ear drum, then no surgery is required. Nature will take its course.

As for putting tubes into his ears, not sure the reasoning there. If Marcus was sick with a head cold,which sounds likely, he would have had a huge amount of pressure building up behind his ear drum, hence it bursting. That is natures way of alleviating the pressure so the need for tubes seems redundant.

I can't imagine him missing too much time.( yes, forever the optimist).


Anyone else think that if something could possibly threaten his season because of his ear that this trade NOT going down is a blessing in disguise?

http://boards.espn.go.com/boards/mb/...=4303990&lid=2

well would't he have failed a physical?

if a ear is part of the physical

[PDXSpursFan]

that would've locked up the next 2 les for us.

+1

[Agloco]

Something I found on the LA Clippers board at ESPN:

Rumor is Camby needs ear surgery

I read that he needs surgery to repair a torn eardrum...anyone else hear this? If true this is pretty sad given we'll never see our full team on the court this year. The ear is a pretty sensitive thing and helps coordinate balance so if he has surgery my guess is he'll be out for awhile

RE: On the post game radio show either Ralph or Brian said that he already had surgery on his ear to put tubes in. Supposedely his eardrum burst on one of the flights.

RE: If it is a burst ear drum, then no surgery is required. Nature will take its course.

As for putting tubes into his ears, not sure the reasoning there. If Marcus was sick with a head cold,which sounds likely, he would have had a huge amount of pressure building up behind his ear drum, hence it bursting. That is natures way of alleviating the pressure so the need for tubes seems redundant.

I can't imagine him missing too much time.( yes, forever the optimist).


Anyone else think that if something could possibly threaten his season because of his ear that this trade NOT going down is a blessing in disguise?

http://boards.espn.go.com/boards/mb/...=4303990&lid=2

Green - Wrong. Once the membrane heals up again the pressure problem (otic barotrauma) would manifest itself once more if the problem were related to a Eustachian Tube malformation.

Red - The rationale for placing tubes in the ear is to perform the function which your Eustachian Tube would normally. The tube runs from the inferior aspect of your middle ear to your pharynx. Ordinarily when open, the pressure difference is transmitted down the tube into the pharynx. When closed, the pressure backs up and can rupture the ear drum.

Balance can be an issue, but it depends on how involved the inner ear is.