I would still make extra sure they know how to hande a VFS throat for intubation! It may look like VFS is becoming common but thats just our impression here - overall it still is a rare procedure. I also made an emergency card for my wallet now to inform EMT personnell and surgeons in case of an accident or emergency surgery about my VFS and how to generally deal with it, just to make sure they don't destroy anything. A GRS surgeon I was talking to half a year ago warned me that he has seen this happen several times, that a careless intubation can destroy a glottoplasty web even years after it was created just because someone used a intubator that was too big and basically shoved it down by force. Yikes. I would hope I never will be treated my a medic who is like that, but you never know.
I have the same reasons for FFS I guess - not because people would stare at me or something, but I dont like my own face the way it is
- stupid. Maybe I should just get used to it somehow.
but voice was a passing factor - it got me into trouble having to ask weird questions several times and I hope this is gone now.