Going to have my head cut open.

[Lamron]

I'm going into surgery on Tuesday (Sept. 1) to have my head worked on again. This will be my third and most extensive surgery on my nose and sinuses.

Septoplasty: they're going to chop up my deviated septum and sew the pieces back together in a straight line. The pieces will all be sewn to a plastic splint in my nose until they heal together.

Turbinate reduction: they'll be cutting out part of my turbinates to improve airflow.

Opening Ethmoind Sinuses: These are the sinuses deepest in your head, behind the eyes. If they make a mistake, they'll damage either my optic nerve or pituitary gland (do I really need that anyway?) This is the source of most of my sinus pain. The bone and tissue between the openings will be removed.

Maxillary Sinus: Bone removal and opening of the passages to the sinus in my left cheek. Also some roto-rooter work to clean it out.

Internal "Breath Right" strip: the Dr. is going to remove part of my ear and use the cartilage to reshape my nose to brace it open. He says I'll look "different, but not freaky". Not sure if he's talking about my nose or my ear.


I know you are all green with envy that you are going to miss out on all this fun, but I will be out of work for about a week and a half. Maybe we can play some MOH during my recovery? I will probably blame every missed shot on the pain meds, but it will still be fun. ;D

[Death's Shadow]

Lam I wish you well with your surgery and hope it relieves your discomfort and helps you in the ways you need. I will keep you in my prayers.

I will have too reload MOH but sure I would game with ya.

;D

[RedRock]

Uhhhmmm, at the sake of being indelicate, I know DS for one would like to see Before and After pix!!!! ;D

And yes, you do need the pituitary gland! Fortunately, most functions can be relatively well replaced with multiple daily medications for the rest of your life--pituitary gland makes all those hormones that stimulate your important organs to make and release (or stop making/releasing) their important hormones, the ones that keep your testes functioning, your metabolism running, your sugar and steroid systems in check, your adrenaline production steady, your blood pressure and kidneys running smooth, etc., plus it has a role in temperature control and sleep, etc. www.pituitary.org.uk/content/view/74/

Best wishes for an uneventful procedure and a speedy recovery.

And don't forget DS's pictures!

[Death's Shadow]

LMAO "my" pictures?

[a Silly Person]

That is a perfect day to have it done on Lam. Only good things happen on Sept 1st.

Hope everything goes well!

[Willy]

Good luck Lamron!

[Urumii-Previously ThePresident]

Hope everything goes smoothly!

[RedRock]

Sinus surgery--it's snot for everyone! ;D

[Death's Shadow]

LMAO RR

[a Silly Person]

That was a slippery jest there RR. ;D

[Death's Shadow]

I hope they do a good job and don't booger it up. HEHEHE

[Major_A]

I need something similar done when I win the lottery. The bent septum stuff really plays havoc on the sinuses.

Hope it goes well.

Make sure your Phlem-boyant with your new schnoz.







edit - I guess I missed it, but what cause your situation? If it's to personal to share no biggy. Was just curious who's experience was more painful, yours or mine, but by the sounds of it and what they are doing, it was yours.

[Lamron]

It wasn't caused by an injury or anything like that. Call it a "factory defect".

[RedRock]

Aug 31, 2009 23:24:38 GMT -5 Major_A said:

I need something similar done when I win the lottery. The bent septum stuff really plays havoc on the sinuses.

Gives new meaning to the old phrase "whistle while you work" !

[Major_A]

Well I only whistled after the accident until I got the football sized and shaped splints out of my nose after the surgery, but this little story might make Lamron feel a little better.

Once upon a time...wait that's not it,...Along time ago in a galaxy....nope wrong one too...

Okay I got it, That one day after a crapy day of work, yeah yeah that's it!...I went to my sleeping residence of my whorey cheating girlfriend that I reluctantly called home, hot as hell that day especially in a trailer, so I went out side, I thought in secret, to practice throwing knives at the board, but soon attracted every rugrat in the nieghborhood which annoyed me even further (I was only 23 I think).

Anyway, decided to do something boring to get rid of the kids and mow the 3ft tall field next to the lot with a push mower.

The pull start rope had broke once or twice b4 and this first pull broke it again. Took the cover off, restrung the rope, wrapped it around the starter pulley and pulled but it slipped off bc of to high of an angle pull.

Wrapped the 2ft rope around the starter pulley again and knelt down level so it wouldn't slip off.

Well the rope didn't break or slip off, and the mower actually tried to turn over, but what happened since there was no cover on the mower, the 5 or 6in starter pulley came up and off the engine and hit me right in the bridge of the nose, and everything faded to black. No tweety birds, no $200, just uuuhh!!! gushing blood, with one eye open all the way to the 6hr wait in the emergency room. (slow bastards) That was the old Hospital! In the new one, well you know, they can't do complicated stuff in this multi million dollar building either...= had to go out of town for wife!

I should point out they re-broke it for the surgery I had done so the misery factor was lasting even longer. It was planned that I had a future corrective surgery at some point but that never happened bc I have no insurance anymore.

Moral of the story = If a push mower argues with you, let it win by walking away and find a rider mower! Beat the pusher later when feeling better with a heavy object.
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I feel for you Lamron, getting your nose broke on purpose for surgery on accident by , well, accident is never fun, and extremely miserable.