Well I just talked to Dr Spiegel, he said it sounds a lot better than it did when I saw him at our consultation I could hardly talk then though, I was still recovering from this and pretty hoarse...
He says he can do a CTA if I want one with my upcoming FFS The question now is do I want one???
He said the incision would have to be a bit lower than for the trachea shave, it would also be longer but only about a quarter inch... About a 1 inch incision...
He also said depending on where my cords are tied he might be able to tie off a little more... He said he has done both the CTA and the web before... Id love to have him take a look there when I see him for my pre surgical consultation... I think Id do the CTA and trach shave with my FFS, BUT Im not sure Id be able to talk very well after the CTA... With everything else going on with the FFS Im not sure I want to do that
Id still like Dr Habens opinion on doing a CTA and trach shave with my FFS ??? I mean for a CTA Ive only seen recommendations of no use of the voice for at least a week... Dr S said Id be able to talk but it would be weak, Id have to speak softly and there would be no potential for harm like with a web if I just take it easy... I guess that makes sense but Im still not sure Id want to do the major FFS stuff and then not be able to talk very good while recovering from such a big ordeal
I guess it would depend on what Dr S thinks he could do with maybe making more of a web???
I want to hear what Dr Haben thinks there as well as far as going in and tying more off....
Id rather have Dr Haben make a shorter web BUT Id like it If Dr Spiegel did the CTA because I trust him more with the incision... Either way I cant do a web with FFS because Id have to start the whole 3 month VFS healing process over AND I know I cant talk after that even if I wanted to... Thats a week of NO talking at all... Id do itr over again though If Dr Haben thought he could get me 2-3 notes higher...
I donno but I gotta make up my mind soon here... Im leaning towards doing nothing at all there for now, not even the trach shave and seeing how it looks after my FFS heals...
Give it all a few more months let everything on my face/neck heal up THEN decide on additional VFS.... Thats probably the way to go I guess....
He says he can do a CTA if I want one with my upcoming FFS The question now is do I want one???
He said the incision would have to be a bit lower than for the trachea shave, it would also be longer but only about a quarter inch... About a 1 inch incision...
He also said depending on where my cords are tied he might be able to tie off a little more... He said he has done both the CTA and the web before... Id love to have him take a look there when I see him for my pre surgical consultation... I think Id do the CTA and trach shave with my FFS, BUT Im not sure Id be able to talk very well after the CTA... With everything else going on with the FFS Im not sure I want to do that
Id still like Dr Habens opinion on doing a CTA and trach shave with my FFS ??? I mean for a CTA Ive only seen recommendations of no use of the voice for at least a week... Dr S said Id be able to talk but it would be weak, Id have to speak softly and there would be no potential for harm like with a web if I just take it easy... I guess that makes sense but Im still not sure Id want to do the major FFS stuff and then not be able to talk very good while recovering from such a big ordeal
I guess it would depend on what Dr S thinks he could do with maybe making more of a web???
I want to hear what Dr Haben thinks there as well as far as going in and tying more off....
Id rather have Dr Haben make a shorter web BUT Id like it If Dr Spiegel did the CTA because I trust him more with the incision... Either way I cant do a web with FFS because Id have to start the whole 3 month VFS healing process over AND I know I cant talk after that even if I wanted to... Thats a week of NO talking at all... Id do itr over again though If Dr Haben thought he could get me 2-3 notes higher...
I donno but I gotta make up my mind soon here... Im leaning towards doing nothing at all there for now, not even the trach shave and seeing how it looks after my FFS heals...
Give it all a few more months let everything on my face/neck heal up THEN decide on additional VFS.... Thats probably the way to go I guess....