my surgery FYI

[Guest guest]

A lot of people have been emailing me asking how my surgery went. Just

thought I'd send out an FYI, because I am too fatigued both mentally and

physically to respond individually.

Last Thursday morning I went in to the hospital for what supposed to be the

last of over year's worth of surgeries (13 total) to repair damage done to

my windpipe by a botched surgical procedure on April of 2005 (sleep apnea

surgery). Well, things didn't go well, and my windpipe collapsed completely

during the surgery (life threatening). They had to reinsert a trach tube,

and now think the structural integrity of my windpipe is permanently

damaged. I am back to square one. The docs are now thinking I may need a

graft of cartilage from my arm into my windpipe, to reinforce the walls.

They want to do a biopsy of my tissue to make sure DD cartilage is stable

enough for grafting.

Anyway, I just got home. I am wiped out (developed bronchitis from the

surgery), in a lot of pain, and needles to say, bummed out.

But I will be attending the conference regardless and I wanted to thank

everyone for their well-wishes and inquiries. Please forgive me if I don't

send an immediate reply back, need a few days to recoup.

Thanks all,

Bill

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" There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going

all the way, and not starting. "

(Buddha)

" You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. "

( 8:32)