Transcanal revision tomorrow at Henry Ford West Bloomfield! I'm to arrive at the hospital at 12:15. Dr. Seidman is certain he will not have to access the auricle incision (original incision behind my ear) to fix the scar tissue but it always is a possibility. I am going to tell him that if I wake up with half a shaved head like last time, he better have a shaved head too!
Basically he will be peeling back the eardrum, shaving off any adhesions and removing bone and cement dust that may be impeding the full potential of the Esteem device. He figures on about 2 hours operating time. I hope it'll be smooth going and no need to do the full revision. Regardless, I have to leave the device off for 6-8 weeks. That's going to be extremely hard now that I've become so dependent on this ear. Bye bye phone conversations!
I'll have a 1 week follow up on Dec 7 at the office to remove the packing on my ear and then just waiting on re-activation. I kinda hope I can just turn it on myself and move on...I really don't want to pay for activation fees! This surgery will be paid for by Envoy, for which I am terribly thankful. Beyond that I've got to hope and pray with all my might that everything goes swimmingly and works and I can HEAR without issues and not need extra visits that I'll need to pay for. I keep working on my insurance to cover any part in this whole thing. I've been denied, so I'm on to the appeals process and have my pcp helping me. Fingers crossed it gets me somewhere! Considering Dr. S is only 1 of 11 surgeons who can provide the services required for the Esteem, I'm thinking I might have a fair shot at Priority Health picking up some of the tab.
"Hear's" to a smooth surgery tomorrow!
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