At or around 7:30 tomorrow morning, a well-compensated anesthesiologist will jack into my IV and inject a solution that will inside of a few seconds put me to sleep.<\/p>\n
When I wake, roughly 3 hours later, other well-compensated people will have violated my sinus cavities.\u00a0 Breaking cartilage (septoplasty), snipping tissue here, cauterizing tissue there.<\/p>\n
Most specifically, they are going to remove the extensive and significant level of polyps I have growing in my nose.\u00a0 A full polypectomy.\u00a0 Literally caking the turbinates, these bulbous outgrowths have for years acted as a clogged drain, backing up the main sinus cavities with gunk.\u00a0 It\u2019s these polyps and the gunk they begat that must go.<\/p>\n
Most significantly , they’re going to create an opening between my two frontal sinuses: the ones above & behind the eyes, working millimeters from the brain.\u00a0 And once back there, the doctor will most likely be taking a look at the sphenoid sinuses, behind the ethmoids.\u00a0 Now we’re talking more or less about the geographic center of my head, where the optic nerves and some fairly important blood vessels meet the brain.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sort of past the elements of concrete fear that clouded my days 2 weeks ago.\u00a0 I am now more on auto-pilot then anything else.\u00a0 Just getting things wrapped up at work for what will most likely be 2x weeks of sick leave recovery time.<\/p>\n
Those fears included all the rare exception cases of brain infection, injuries to the eyes, and a total loss of my sense of smell as a direct result of the procedure.<\/p>\n
For the past few days including today, I am focused on preparing myself for the recovery.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had 5x root canals in the past 10 years.\u00a0 So I am preparing myself for at least that level of discomfort.<\/p>\n
Strange, but what I am really most interested in is the peculiars of the procedure.\u00a0 I wish I could film it, or in some way view the video feed from the scopes that they will undoubtedly be capturing.\u00a0 Those little bastards up there have caused me all manners of hell.\u00a0 And knowing they’re gone is one thing, and I am happy with that.\u00a0 But seeing them snipped off, sucked out, and burned shut would be a very satisfying bon voyage for the little motherfuckers.<\/p>\n
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