Tag Archives: sinus surgery

New adventures in sinus something or other

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Les Jones

The story goes that the Eskimo have 100 words to describe different kinds of snot. Or maybe it’s snow. I guess I’m the one developing new words to describe snot. This is the mandatory TMI alert The new kind of … Continue reading →

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Sinus Surgery: The Final Snip-Snip

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Les Jones

I went in for my follow-up visit early this morning. The doc numbed the inside of my nose, cut out the stitches, and put a metal vacuum up my nose to suck up the final junk out of my sinuses. … Continue reading →

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Sinus circus

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Les Jones

Still feeling pretty rough. It’s no fun trying to sleep without breathing through my nose. I breathe through my mouth, my mouth gets dry, I wake up. Last night I slept upright in a chair with my feet on an … Continue reading →

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Back from sinus surgery

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Les Jones

A guest post by Les’s anesthesia Here’s the anesthesia blogging I promised. So apparently the bad old sinus surgery involved packing your nose with gauze afterwards. A week later the doc would remove the gauze – filled with dried blood … Continue reading →

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Gonna take a little nap, wake up better

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Les Jones

Off to sinus surgery. If you’re good when I get back this afternoon I’ll blog while I’m still under anesthesia. That’s always fun.

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Les Jones as you’ve never seen him

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Les Jones

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 … Continue reading →

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