At Mayo-Throat Surgery in the Morning!

[elsawind]

Best of luck!!

[Psyborg]

Hello All,
I am back home from Mayo! The surgery went really well. I can breath so much better. Yay!

Thank you all for all the good luck wishes.
It turned out to be a really long surgery day, we reported to hospital at 11am, I didnt go into surgery until 3 pm and went home that night at 9pm. I always have a hard time waking up from the anesthetic. Mayo staff is excellent, they really take good care of you.
Post op-my throat is sore and so is my face. They really pull your head back during surgery to get to your throat, so my chin and next are sore too. Nothing bad tho, I was taking liquid advil but I haven't even taken that for about 24 hours now. I am not suppose to talk much, especially no whispering or yelling. I can tell my lungs need strengthening, they are not use to getting some much air in. I am going to start walking to help with that.
If anyone has questions etc about surgery, I would be happy to fill you in.
Jodi

I'm glad things went well for you, and really relieved to hear it wasn't so bad. I'm starting to get nervous about the procedure now myself 4/27 for me, had my history at the CC yesterday as well and that was a long slow day Weird part is they won't tell me until the day before what time the surgery occurs.

[pberggren1]

That is weird that the surgery time will not be given to you until the day before.

[Psyborg]

Evidently they arrange the sugeries so that similar surgeries happen in sequence to help with not having to constantly move equipment.

[pberggren1]

That makes sense.

[ticklytoes]

jan...what kind of surgery did you have and where? i have a trach and dilations havent worked...is this a dilation surgery? nicole

[ticklytoes]

sorry! i meant to put "Jodi" lol

[pberggren1]

I think you meant JanW? Her doc is Dr. Lebovics in NY.

[kulharv]

good luch
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[JanW]

I had the surgery where Dr. L. cuts into the tissue with microscissors -- he dilates with a balloon also, but first he makes the cut so that the tissue springs back (think cutting into a rubber band). Dilations won't really work for most people most of the time...the hole will continue to narrow. I have so far been more successful than anticipated with the surgery -- I have already had a one year anniversary and have not needed additional surgeries. I think that he has had some patients who have only needed it once, but it's a rarity.

Please let me know if you have anymore questions -- I don't know how it would work if you are trached, and I hasten to add that most of my disease was in the subglottis and NOT in the trachea at all (only first two rings).