Jason Lancaster » Tonsillectomy http://jasonplancaster.com Dancing, Lindy Hop, technology, web applications, programming, design, user interfaces, climbing, and bouldering. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:38:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 My tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and uvulectomy (uvulaectomy) http://jasonplancaster.com/2005/my-tonsillectomy-adenoidectomy-and-uvulectomy-uvulaectomy/ http://jasonplancaster.com/2005/my-tonsillectomy-adenoidectomy-and-uvulectomy-uvulaectomy/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:05:49 +0000 Jason Lancaster Someone commented on my older tonsillectomy entry and it reminded me I should write a brief update on how everything turned out.

The picture taken a few days after my surgery still had a small portion of my uvula attached. After healing, I have no uvula left at all. I guess it was just swollen.

I don’t snore anymore, but I also can’t oink like a pig. I’ve had some issues with drinks and/or saliva going up my nose accidentally but I’m much more comfortable breathing (a good trade-off). I can’t gargle because it drips down the back of my throat. I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to do that again. I’ve searched the internet for some answers but I guess people don’t like talking about gargling too much.

The day of surgery I felt great. Day after was another story. I bled for the first two weeks but after they cauterized the wounds bleeding stopped. It was extremely painful for the first 19 days. I took liquid hydrocodone every 3-4 hours on the dot. Needless to say I slept a lot. After the pain died down, regular old tylenol did the trick. It took me just over 3 weeks to eat normally. Yawning still hurts a little and my throat has a general sensation of being tight. Drinking water helps and I’m sure this will go away in time. I lost 12lbs, ate 4 boxes of jello, went through 2 boxes of Quaker apples and cinnamon oatmeal, and used about 38 ounces of liquid hydrocodone.

]]> http://jasonplancaster.com/2005/my-tonsillectomy-adenoidectomy-and-uvulectomy-uvulaectomy/feed/ 321 Pictures of Jason’s tonsillectomy http://jasonplancaster.com/2005/pictures-of-jasons-tonsillectomy/ http://jasonplancaster.com/2005/pictures-of-jasons-tonsillectomy/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2005 02:33:28 +0000 Jason Lancaster I know you all have been dying to see what my mouth looks like. Luckily for you, I’m feeling up to sharing such goodies as the Lancaster home photos of my tonsillectomy. Thrilling, ain’t it? I can’t talk today (as previously mentioned in comments) but Amy brought me Doom 3. Now I’ll have to get Adam to call me back and bring my good computer from work so I can play. Yay!

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]]> http://jasonplancaster.com/2005/tonsils-are-gone/feed/ 6 My stupid mouth http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/my-stupid-mouth/ http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/my-stupid-mouth/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2004 00:03:45 +0000 Jason Lancaster I’ll be getting my tonsils out sometime in January. Seens like Heather always beats me to the things I want most in life. So in January I’ll be getting my tonsils out and braces put on.

We have a new logo designer now. Hopefully we’ll see some new samples by the end of the week. I’ll be sure to post them.

Seeing that livejournal recently added rss/atom feeds was interesting. I’m not sure if most of you reading this even know what they are or what they do, but I’m somewhat inclined to add them to my site. It wouldn’t be that hard. I doubt anyone would use it though.

I have like 50 million billion things to do right now other than this. Procrastination is great!

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