That’s nothing. Check out this video of my sinus CTI scan. I snagged the disc after the consultation was over. This is a series of image slices of my skull from back to front. The two big round things after the the first few images are my eyes, then my nose appears towards the end. The black areas are the sinuses where they’re clear.
Thing is, big areas of my sinuses aren’t clear and I’ve also got a deviated septum. I’ll be having sinus surgery next month. My doctor says this is the new kinder, gentler sinus surgery, as opposed to the old, unnecessarily cruel kind where they knock you out with a shovel, scrape your sinuses with a meathook and you bleed so much they keep your nose packed with tampons for a week.
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I’m definitely looking forward to hearing how it works out for you. But any kind of surgery has been unappealing because several of my aunts and uncles have had it and say that they lost a great deal of their sense of smell, and subsequently their sense of taste, as a result (granted, this was done decades ago). I’m a foodie, so that’s really wasn’t appealing at all.
So, you should eat something you really like before the surgery and then do it again a day or two afterward to see if you notice a change.
I remember seeing my grandfather after his older-style sinus surgery many years ago… looked like his head got worked over by a linebacker.
Hopefully the new version is a little better
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Heh. Yeah, the doctor said I wouldn’t have any bruising or anything where anyone could even tell I had had surgery. That old style sinus surgery sounds unpleasant.
Is that your name, DOB and Social Security # on that CT scan?
I’m sure they didn’t let you wear your glasses, so what are the lens-like things over your eyes?
Chachi: Nope, not my SSI.
Ralph: That was a little cardboard visor they put over my eyes to protect them. From what exactly I’m not sure.
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Ouch, good luck with the surgery big man…