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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from joelrondeau]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I realize it's been a while, but Larry Page has posted about his voice issues.
Either google &quot;larry page voice&quot; for many links about it, or check out his Google  post:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/106189723444098348646/posts/aqy6DvvLJY1
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from zhanba33]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from whtllnew]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[[Also I can't imagine the !$%*!$%*! I'm going to have to go through trying to convince my insurance to pay for it. It actually seems easier to just not talk.]

[That might be less trouble than you think. I was expecting a fight and got none. -- Scott]

Maybe.  Then again maybe you have better insurance or a fan in the insurance bureaucracy, Scott.  Not saying its not worth shooting for, ScottJBennett, but, like you, I wouldn't be surprised if they say no.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from ScottJBennett]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scott-

How is your singing voice post surgery (if you've tried)? Just curious. I can never sing right on botox, but am pretty much fine when I'm off it. Wondering if it's the same deal.

[My voice isn't good for singing. But it wasn't good before, either. It's safe to say no one would resume a singing career after this sort of surgery. -- Scott]]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Anfauglir]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;There is zero chance he's unaware of my offer. -- Scott&quot;

Well if you know for a certainty that he is aware of the offer, why did you feel the need to make it again?  If he is absolutely positively definitely aware that you've made the offer - but he has not got in touch - surely that means that he is not interested?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from hbmindia]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[@ Kingdinosaur, Dilbro,
I agree with you entirely.
A reputed doctor I know, with a thriving practice, dismisses any medical problem he cannot diagnose with &quot;Everything is all right with him/her (the patient), he only has a psychological problem.&quot;
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from diehard_002]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mr Adams,
  Would you like to let your readers know your thoughts about the election ?
regards
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from ScottJBennett]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I don't know that you'd call it &quot;experimental&quot;, but it's not mainstream. There is 1 guy who does this particular surgery (maybe more now, but until recently it was just him), so it hasn't been done very many times. And of course it's not 100% successful, so there is risk that I'd be left with a much worse voice forever. I've had a couple disastrous Botox injections, where I had 2-3 months of literally no voice at all, but at least that stuff wears off eventually. 

As for cost, I'm not sure. A minor fractured arm cost us about $4000 last year, so I can't imagine neurological surgery with general anesthesia costing anything less than $100k. If the insurance says no, then it's off the table, at least for me.

[I think the surgery was in the $25K range, plus travel. My insurance paid for most of it. -- Scott]
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from whtllnew]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[@ScottJBennett

Is it still too experiment?  How expensive is this surgery?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from ScottJBennett]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have had the same poor response to Botox as you. Hate it and stopped a few years ago. Tried Dr. Cooper too, which sort of worked for a few months. That was almost worth the money just to hang out with that dude though. He's hilarious.

I've been holding off on the surgery to see whether it had worn off on you over time! I guess it's been a couple years right? Also I can't imagine the !$%*!$%*! I'm going to have to go through trying to convince my insurance to pay for it. It actually seems easier to just not talk.

[That might be less trouble than you think. I was expecting a fight and got none. -- Scott]]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Dilbro]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kingdinosaur,
You've nailed the biggest lesson from Scott's experience (in my opinion)...

&quot;Scott your post makes me wonder: how many conditions go incorrectly diagnosed for the simple reason that the doctor never experienced the symptoms or someone with the symptoms?&quot;

I agree 100%.
Good luck convincing a doctor that something they aren't familiar with is physically real.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from hbmindia]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Maybe Larry Page simply prefers to try and see if some injections work before he has a surgeon slice open his neck.

[Yes, if he has SD his doctors would recommend injections first. That is standard practice. But by now he would know the limitations of that approach. It's nice to know your options. -- Scott]]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Usernottaken]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Well, google search phrase &quot;larry page voice&quot; brings up this blog in results. Larry Page just needs to be smart enought to type &quot;larry page voice&quot; instead of &quot;my voice&quot; to come across this blog.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Anfauglir]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scott, I've got to echo whtllnew - Larry may have no idea that you have made this offer.  After all, YOU never contacted ME about the offer I made on MY webpage......does that mean you weren't interested?  Or have no idea the offer was even made?

A letter to Google Inc. Headquarters (Personal for Larry Page) seems in order.

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043

[There is zero chance he's unaware of my offer. It's more likely that he's already researched all of the options.  -- Scott]]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Kingdinosaur]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scott your post makes me wonder: how many conditions go incorrectly diagnosed for the simple reason that the doctor never experienced the symptoms or someone with the symptoms?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Phantom II]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scott, how about an update on you?  Many of us have followed your problem and the solutions you've tried, and I know that your surgery helped, but really, how are you doing?  Are there any lingering effects from the disease?  Since we don't have the opportunity to talk with you (although as your self-appointed campaign advisor, not speaking with you directly is certainly contributory to your results in the presidential election), we'd like to know how you're doing.  Or perhaps, you could post a link to a sound clip of how you sound now, as you did with Mr. Page's former speaking voice.

I do hope you are doing well, of course.  And who knows?  Someday, we may actually converse voice-to-voice!  Wow!  What an honor that would be!  For you, of course.  I'm awesome!  LOL!

[My voice is fully functional and stronger than it has ever been. For most of my life I couldn't talk above crowd noise and be heard, and now I can. The tradeoff is that my voice quality is uneven. Sometimes listeners think I sound a bit hoarse, sometimes I sound like a teen whose voice is about to change, but my ability to be understood is 100%. Prior to the operation people often have no idea what I was trying to say. -- Scott]]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from swp]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[You may want to check your spam filter, based on other things you've posted before about how things without DILBERT in the subject line get trashed.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from whtllnew]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Has it occurred to you to actively try to contact him?  I can understand why you didnt before, but its starting to look like you beleive in your diagnosis and you're not tripping for doing so.  Its also starting to look like none of the folks who follow this blog (how many is it?  A thousand?  Ten thousand?) know Larry Page well enough to get in touch with him.  And you're famous enough that you could maybe manage it.  Or at least someone who knows him.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from brian_e]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Perhaps he's beta testing a throat implant for Google Voice 2.0]]></description>
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