jwbirdsong wrote:

On 04/22/2011 11:48 PM, Thomas S Hatch wrote:

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I will be unavailable for a few days next week. Last year I had a surgery which left my left vocal chord paralyzed. Unfortunately my vocal chord has not healed and I am going to have to get a silicone implant in my voice box so that I can talk again. My surgery is on Monday the 25th and I will be resting up for a few days afterward before resuming regular TU work.

As for my fellow TUs, if my packages are out of date please feel free to update them, but I will be back soon!

If you are interested here is a link describing the procedure:

http://www.evmsent.org/uvfi_treat.asp

-Thomas S Hatch -Arch Linux Trusted User

Here's hoping your surgery and recovery go well. Best of luck to you, hope to HEAR from you soon. JB

Given that there are only so many ways to express the above without appearing completely perfunctory, I'll just add my sincere "+1" to the previous reply. So, does this surgery come with an ice-cream deal similar to that of getting your tonsils removed? Best Regards, Xyne

Thomas S Hatch wrote:

Thanks guys! And no Xyne, I will have to buy my own ice cream :)

Well then, on your list of "things I need", right after the silicone implant, write down "an HMO with an ice cream plan". Surely lying there going "mmmmmmmm" while eating delicious ice cream is a great way to evaluate the success of the procedure. ;) In other news, this weeks ice cream rations will be 30 g per party member. High-ranking party members will even receive frozen ice cream. Rest well and return strong to the glorious revolution, Comrade Hatch!

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Rafael Beraldo wrote:

times 28.4.11 miniplenty malquoted icecream rectify

(I couldn't resist. Good luck, dude!)

On 24 April 2011 11:35, Xyne wrote:

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Thomas S Hatch wrote:

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Thanks guys! And no Xyne, I will have to buy my own ice cream :)

Well then, on your list of "things I need", right after the silicone implant, write down "an HMO with an ice cream plan". Surely lying there going "mmmmmmmm" while eating delicious ice cream is a great way to evaluate the success of the procedure. ;)

In other news, this weeks ice cream rations will be 30 g per party member. High-ranking party members will even receive frozen ice cream.

Rest well and return strong to the glorious revolution, Comrade Hatch!

-- Rafael Beraldo http://devio.us/~rberaldo/

I am back, I have a few packages to update too! My voice works much better now. I ended up not getting a vocal implant and had a nerve graft instead, I will post to my blog about it sometime. And the ice cream was good! -Thomas S Hatch

Thomas S Hatch wrote:

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I am back, I have a few packages to update too! My voice works much better now.

I ended up not getting a vocal implant and had a nerve graft instead, I will post to my blog about it sometime.

And the ice cream was good!

-Thomas S Hatch

Welcome back!

I'm glad to hear that it went well (pun unintentional). Post a follow-up link if you do blog about this, as I'm a bit curious about how the procedure went from implant to graft between Sunday night and Monday morning. I'd also like to know more about the rate of regeneration at the graft site.

Regards, Xyne

I will have to do that, the graft will take 4-8 months to take hold, until

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Xyne wrote: then the did some temporary modifications to my voice box, I will post a blog.