Posted by jerrympls on January 31, 2006, at 23:43:11
In reply to Re: Vagus Nerve Stimulator activated today! » jerrympls, posted by lifetime on January 31, 2006, at 3:02:58
Hi Herb!
The explantation of the device was complete (all wires, coils, etc) and went smoothly. However, somehow during the surgery they knicked my left vocal chord and I had to live with vocal chord paralysis for 5 months before my voice came back. I couldn't get above a whisper! The ENT did an in-office procedure (forgot what it was called) whereby he stuck a syringe through my neck right up against the damaged vocal chord andfilled in the weak spot with some sort of bonding agent. It worked great for a couple days then wore off. But like I said, my voice came back to 100% and everything is fine.
Thanks for askin!
Jerry> Dear Jerry,
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> I was also curious to read how you are making out. Did your recovery from the explanting of the prosthesis go well? I don’t recall if you indicated whether or not you were able to also have the coils removed from the vagus nerve or were the wires just clipped as close as possible and left in place?
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> I do hope you’re doing well and that you can just chalk off your experiences to another treatment option in the battle that unfortunately did not bring any relief to you.
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> Take care of yourself and good luck.
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> Warmly,
> Herb
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