Re: TR 7/16 Big Show Synopsis

On Jul 18, 10:04 pm, Rod Fernandez <ro...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Helen Read wrote:
Brady wrote:

Anyway, the lesion, as it were, feels too 'long' to be a canker sore.

And I base this on how it feels running my tongue over it.

Maybe it's a mucocele, which is a type of lesion in the mouth usually
caused by an injury to the lip. Google it, you'll find pictures.

I developed a mucocele on the inside of my lower lip a few years ago,
most likely as a result of an injury to my lip incurred when I was
intubated when I went in for surgery under general anesthesia. The
mucocele was extremely annoying, and interfered with my horn playing. I
finally had to go to an oral surgeon to have it excised...and then I
couldn't play at all for a few weeks. I mean, surgery on a horn player's
lip! Not good.

Next time I ever go in for surgery, I'm going to make the
anesthesiologist *promise* not to cause any harm to my lips.

Anesthesia always get the blame.

Fortunately Helen's complication is not very common and usually resolves
without treatment. Sometimes it seems that the people who are more
likely to have complications are nurses, spouses of physicians or their
family members, and redheads. No studies prove this, but it sure seems
that way.

Of course, most anesthesiologists try not to traumatize the airway but
the nature of the beast is that if you are under general anesthesia you
are probably going to have a tube, either endotrachal intubation or
laryngeal mask airway. Even if the tube is inserted without incident,
there is a foreign body exerting pressure on the mucosa, or lining of
the airway. We use an air-filled balloon to decrease the pressure, but
there is still pressure. Also, when a patient is waking, he or she may
bite down quite hard on the plastic tubing, resulting in trauma to a
previously loose or decayed tooth. I once gave anesthesia to a friend
who was *very* anxious and when he woke he bit down so hard on the tube
he caught his upper lip between his teeth and the tube as he violently
awoke, resulting in a horrible oral lesion. It got better but the trauma
was not a result of any traumatic intubation. Of course it happened to a
friend and a nice guy.

Rod

Note to self: Cancel Hair Dye Appointment
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