On Wednesday I met with my surgeon that performed my two sleep apnea related surgeries. In March I had my uvula and tonsils removed which is known as Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, and in July I had nasal reconstruction called Septal and tip reconstruction, right turbinate debridement. As noted in 'The Bionic Man?' article these surgeries bring me to a 70% cure.
My surgeon had stated before that there was jaw surgery available for a few thousand dollars which included the need for dental work, but this week he informed me that if I really wanted my sleep apnea potentially cured, I would have to go to Stanford University and pay $100,000 for perhaps two jaw surgeries which move the jaw forward. These are known as maxillomandibular osteotomy or advancement (MMO or MMA) and the two-part inferior sagittal mandibular osteotomy and genioglossal advancement with hyoid myotomy and suspension (GAHM). My surgeon did not recommend that I save up for these operations as he thought it was really people that drove around in Ferraris that could afford that kind of medical work done. Oh well, I guess a 70% cure is a good as I am going to get.
A ferrari face with a ferrari smile. Sounds interesting. How do you remember all the long drawn out procedural names and still have room in your mind for a bit of theological stuff? Seems like 70% is a lot better than it was.
ReplyDeleteCheers. Copy and paste does a lot to help one remember surgical terms;). Yes, I agree the 70% cure has helped me. Perhaps I need to become a televangelist to pay Stanford. We should set something up...
ReplyDeleteI hear there are grants (which you don't have to pay back) for jaw surgeries from the Bank of Chuck. You should seriously look into this, the Bank of Chuck always wants to help.
ReplyDeleteI have heard that the BOC has found it itself other financial obligations.
ReplyDeleteWhat does the Blue Oyster Cult (BOC) have to do with Chuck giving you some of his over abundance?
ReplyDeleteI did a search on Google for "BOC". The first search result was the following:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.boc-gases.com
That is interesting because your comment kind of stunk, just joking.;)
Thanks for your participation.
Oysters have a smell all of their own and so does your comment about my comment. Thanks for participating.
ReplyDelete"Somethin" smell phoney.
ReplyDeleteI have no problem in principle with $100,000 grants, or even $1 billion grants, but unfortunately a $100K grant would put the Bank of Chuck under, and unable to assist other causes for some time to come...
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