Name of Surgery

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> From: " gwenrafter " <gwenrafter@...>

>

> I had a polypectomy. It took a little over three hours. The first

> one, five years ago lasted over four and a half hours. I do feel

> better and I have not had any asthma symptoms since the surgery. I

> do have to rinse and blow quite frequently. I will start on Flonase

> in another week and it will be twice a day. My new ENT says that he

> will not let me go five years between surgeries as the old ENT did.

> He said that if the polyps return He will get them out sooner.

>

Yes, the polyps will return, sooner rather than later, unless you do

desensitization and/or religious pulsatile irrigation.

Flonase will not sustain your sense of smell.

Right now, based on your other note, it appears that it is prednisone which

is doing the job for you. Once off that, things will revert.

It seems to me like your ENT knows of only one approach to Samters-generated

polyps, ie., to cut.

It's time, I think, rather, to cut your ENT, whether or not better than

your old one, and find someone who really knows what they're talking about.

Rather than planning on surgery in less than 5 years, I think you should

plan to avoid surgery.

Do your own research on desensitization, and keep irrigating,

pulsitile-wise, even after all the operation crud is out of there.

--

Ken West

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It was eating me alive so I called the docs office, I wanted the technical term of they are going to do to me in 3 weeks:

"Tympano Mastoidectomy and Ossicular Chain Reconstruction"

I take it..they are doing everything all at once. Does anyone know, if this type of surgery will require a full night in the hospital?