I think this about satisfies the update interval on the sinus surgery recovery.<\/p>\n
FROM A READER:<\/strong><\/p>\n Sean,<\/em><\/p>\n I loved your blog on your sinus surgery experience.\u00a0I went through the same procedure 8 days ago and your\u00a0level of detail in it really helped me understand what to expect beforehand.<\/em><\/p>\n On your blog (<\/em>D-Day +\u00a02: Friday<\/em><\/strong><\/a>) you noted that you had noticed increased resonance in your voice. I am going through the same thing now and mine is quite noticeable especially over the phone. I\u00a0had a pretty normal voice before so having it sound as it does now\u00a0concerns me quite a bit.<\/em><\/p>\n My question is, did your voice go back to normal or\u00a0is the\u00a0increased resonance still there.<\/em><\/p>\n I appreciate your response.<\/em><\/p>\n MY RESPONSE:<\/strong><\/p>\n thomas,<\/p>\n thanks for reading.\u00a0 i did it for you.\u00a0 meaning, i wished that level of detail was out there for me beforehand.\u00a0 i couldnt not blog it.\u00a0 i even tried to get a videographer client of mine in the room to shoot it.\u00a0 he was willing to sign whatever waivers, cause he too had the same surgery.\u00a0 but hospitals bristle at the notion of video cameras within their op rooms.<\/p>\n ok, the voice.\u00a0 its totally different.\u00a0 not in a dramatic way.\u00a0 i mean, i dont sound like a muppet.\u00a0 but i dont sound the same.\u00a0 i too notice it more on the phone, because all phones amp your voice into your earpiece.\u00a0 i get it more on my “N” or “M” sounds.\u00a0 like: “a bag of m & m’s”.\u00a0 my friends and co-workers alike are polite & they hold-back in their candor, but they all agree that yea, something is different about the way i talk.\u00a0 that: i sound normal, just different.<\/p>\n whats weird is that from the perspective of my physiology; the architecture of my new sinus cavities, i totally understand why.\u00a0 but i am only just now, 2+ months on, getting used to it.<\/p>\n my doctor isnt evasive, but he’s also pragmatic, insisting that its not fair for him to either provide an answer after only 2 months, or for me to be getting settled-into the fact that this is forever.\u00a0 i love him for this: he reminds me that the healing process for this may be closer to 10 months than 2.\u00a0 i dont know what you had done, but i had my entire ethmoids reconstructed.\u00a0 the pathology report reads bone + cartilage removed as well as tissue\/polyps.\u00a0 so i’m prepared to wait for shit to settle down.<\/p>\n but keep in mind: for me anyway, if the change in the tenor (if thats the right word) is the downside to this, then i’ll gladly accept it.\u00a0 for i can smell again.\u00a0 i havent felt this healthy since college.\u00a0 i’m biking my commute 16+ miles a day, i get up when i wake up, and mentally, i am clear as a bell.\u00a0 the success of the surgery has positive cascade effects i have yet to realize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I think this about satisfies the update interval on the sinus surgery recovery. FROM A READER: Sean, I loved your blog on your sinus surgery experience.\u00a0I went through the same procedure 8 days ago and your\u00a0level of detail in it really helped me understand what to expect beforehand. On your blog (D-Day +\u00a02: Friday) you … Continue reading D-DAY +70<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[9,133,154,169,171,177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.archibaldjude.com\/spew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.archibaldjude.com\/spew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.archibaldjude.com\/spew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.archibaldjude.com\/spew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.archibaldjude.com\/spew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.archibaldjude.com\/spew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.archibaldjude.com\/spew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.archibaldjude.com\/spew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.archibaldjude.com\/spew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}