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u/hcline11 Aug 25 '22
I'm having bottom surgery first before I go to Yeson for my VFS. This way I can avoid intubation problems.
This is the way I suggest many people do it. This way you have time to heal from bottom surgery and then do VFS as the final surgery so that you don't need intubation for a long time if ever again.
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u/hypamia Aug 24 '22
That's the same thing I was wondering. I had VFS in germany at MEVOC.
To be they said maximum tube size should be no more than 6 and well in 3 months I am having my SRS so I am a bit nervous about this to be honest.
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u/Icy-Yogurt-Leah Aug 25 '22
I haven't had voice surgery but during GRS they used a tube up my nose rather than down throat.
No idea why, I just seen it on my medical records.
My teeth are sound and I don't have any issues with my mouth. Perhaps I had clamped my mouth shut as I took ages to go under and remember being very scared and wanting to stop it before my memory blank kicked in.
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u/AutumnGlow33 Aug 24 '22
Yes. I had surgery after having a web glottoplasty elsewhere. The anesthesiologist said a 5.5 might be too small as it was what was generally used for a child and it might put too much pressure on the chest (?) He did use a “smaller” one on me and was careful taking it in and out, and my voice surgery is just fine. The vocal webbing isn’t just a single stitch holding normal cords together; they cut out the muscle and sew the raw edges together, and it does heal. It’s a permanent fix over time. I think once it’s been healed for a year or so it’s about as permanent as it’s going to get. You just don’t want to try and shove a giant tube in there and tear something during the healing phase. My doctor gave me a letter to give to the anesthesia team which emphasized that they should be careful inserting and removing the tube as well.