Well, in the mail today there came photographic evidence that I do in fact have a brain. I’ll probably post more of these when I get a chance to look through them all, but for now, here’s one picture.
Well, most of the good sagittal sections were at that resolution. (Actually, there were a few at higher resolution, but they focussed on the pituitary and didn’t include my throat.) But there were a couple at higher resolution, including this one: Does that help? The original image was a bit garbled; I’ve de-garbled it and enhanced the contrast to focus on the throat rather than the brain. I think it’s fuzzier and grainier than the one I posted above, though, so it may not be an improvement.
Oh, and here’s the same picture I posted above, but with the dimensions doubled by your web browser:
(And I’ll show you my larynx any old time you like, babe.)
(Hmmm... But not with these pictures — looks like the larynx is off the bottom in all of them. None of the scans went further down than that, alas. A bunch of them only went down to my top teeth.)
My soft palate is really puffy, isn’t it? Is that typical of somebody my weight? Subjectively, it feels like it’s blown up in the last couple of years.
Like I said elsewhere, your epiglottis looks relatively small but without seeing it in action, it's hard to tell what it can do.
(yes, we are talking about an epiglottis)
If it *is* too small, then that might allow trace aspiration to happen when you swallow. Such could lead to pneumonia if you aren't otherwise healthy and active, which you certainly are. I'm also wondering if your epiglottis might have been eroded a bit from your GERD.
Do you find that you cough a lot when you eat or when you drink (especially when you drink thin liquids?)
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Date: 2007-05-31 03:37 (UTC)Does that help? The original image was a bit garbled; I’ve de-garbled it and enhanced the contrast to focus on the throat rather than the brain. I think it’s fuzzier and grainier than the one I posted above, though, so it may not be an improvement.
Oh, and here’s the same picture I posted above, but with the dimensions doubled by your web browser:
(And I’ll show you my larynx any old time you like, babe.)
(Hmmm... But not with these pictures — looks like the larynx is off the bottom in all of them. None of the scans went further down than that, alas. A bunch of them only went down to my top teeth.)
My soft palate is really puffy, isn’t it? Is that typical of somebody my weight? Subjectively, it feels like it’s blown up in the last couple of years.
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Date: 2007-06-16 17:18 (UTC)(yes, we are talking about an epiglottis)
If it *is* too small, then that might allow trace aspiration to happen when you swallow. Such could lead to pneumonia if you aren't otherwise healthy and active, which you certainly are. I'm also wondering if your epiglottis might have been eroded a bit from your GERD.
Do you find that you cough a lot when you eat or when you drink (especially when you drink thin liquids?)