TV/radio personality Adam Corolla had ETS .. ?

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Chance Meeting with Adam Carolla

Member: songboy1234

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04/03/07 10:42 PM


I was in Phoenix airport this past Saturday night, in the Fox Sports bar, waiting to catch a flight back to L.A, and having a few drinks with my friends. In walks Adam Carolla, alone, and he sits down at a table right by us. Of course I immediately remembered that he had ETS.

I began debating in my head whether to try and talk to him. He was looking up at one of the TVs, and I was checking him out as covertly as possible. I noticed him lick his fingers and rub it around in his hand.

It's tough enough to just approach a celebrity, but how do you bring up nerve surgery?? I went back to paying attention to my group. Another round. What else is there to do waiting around at the airport, besides drink?

Adam has that familiar bone-dry look to his head. I saw him lick his fingers again. I've developed the same habit. I'll kick myself if I don't at least try to talk to him.

I just went over, introduced myself, and told him I was a big fan. He was totally cool. He told me to sit down at his table, and we exchanged a little small talk about UCLA losing the basketball game that day.

Then I brought up ETS. He didn't recognize the name "ETS", but I said, "you know the sweat surgery". He said yes, he had had it for facial sweating. He said he used to sweat from the face when on camera, and it was a big issue for him. I asked him if he was having any problems from the surgery.

He told me that he was having trouble with his hands, that things would slip out of his hands because they were so dry. He said it was a problem playing "pick-up hoops", and that he didn't play any more.

He told me that he doesn't sweat from his head anymore, that now he sweats from the belly, and back and . . . (he points to his crotch area). I was nodding in understanding.

He asked me if I was having any problems, and right then we heard the announcement for boarding the plane. We got up and continued to chat as we walked out of the bar and over to the gate. I gave him a quick recital of some of my issues, and it was clear he was getting very uncomfortable.

He didn't know which version of the surgery he had, just that the nerve was "vibrated". I took that to mean the surgeon used a harmonic scalpel. I didn't get a chance to ask him who his surgeon was, or much else.

He was sitting in first class, I thanked him, and made my way back into coach.

Like a lot of people, I got the distinct impression that Adam was someone who actually wanted to know as little as possible about medical procedures done on him. Can't fault a guy for that really. For the 3 minutes I hung out with him, Adam was completely nice, and willing to talk to a total stranger about his ETS.

Small world.

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I have the same problem with super dry hands. The tips of my fingers especially feel uncomfortable almost ALL the time (still after 10 years post op). I find myself inadvertently licking and rubbing it around to. I know, sounds sick and weird. Not to mention opens myself up for catching 'something'. Fortunately I'm not really a germaphobe, although I do try and wash my hands regularly.

Strange how I go to the trouble of having ETS to "improve" my life, but it just ends up making it worse. I might be more forgiving of the numerous side effects if it actually cured the blushing. But it did NOT.