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Update as of right now

When I posed about my ENT contacting a provider she knew, I said it was at Mayo, Rochester.  I was wrong, it was at the U of M.  So, here is what I know as of right now: She spoke to an ENT she knows personally at the U and discussed my case with him in detail.  This was his suggestion.  He suggests a tracheal resection and possible gastric bypass.  Two MAJOR surgeries.  She asked me my thoughts.  I have in the past looked up stuff on tracheal resection.  Since my area of blockage is so "thin" but all the way across (thus blocking) I would be a good candidate for this.  They would go in and literally take out that part of my trachea and reconnect the gap.  I would probably be in a C-collar for a while, and recovery will be a while, but in all the statistics that I have looked up, it has worked!  I am also in a group on Facebook for people with Idiopathic Subglotic Tracheal Stenosis, several people have had this surgery done on th...