[House] Surgery non-plans

[J Davis]

Okay! Just a reminder that I'm in Florida 29 Sep to 20 Oct (sorry RA,
I didn't mean to pick all the birthdays for the trip). Not sure what
impact that has on the plans but just a reminder.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Robin Powell (from phone)
<rlpowell at digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> So the nose doctor says that we can either do what the sinus doctor and I
> planned (open up the outside of my right nostril), or do something faaar
> more invasive but far more likely to have awesome results, at the cost of
> much more severe swelling after the surgery and maybe 1-2 days extra
> recovery time.
>
> I won't insult your intelligence by bothering to say which I picked. :-D
>
> I'm not giving details because it's *quite* graphic, feel free to ask in
> person.
>
> It sounds like this surgery will leave me basically functional almost
> immediately after all the anaesthetic wears off, except for a bunch of
> bandages on my face and a strong exhortation to take it as easy as possible.
> Time to bandage removal is about a week, and after that it's business as
> usual except for residual swelling which will fade over the next several
> months.  I expect I'd work from home within a few days, and go back to work
> after the bandages come off.
>
> We do not have a schedule yet as the two doctors have to coordinate,
> although I requested we hurry up about it as I'm scared I'm going to get
> another infection any second.