Robert Byrnes’ family described a sudden, severe illness in 2020 that led to extensive investigation and, ultimately, an Empty Nose Syndrome diagnosis at Mayo Clinic. This page separates the documented facts from details that remain uncertain.
From unexplained illness to a Mayo Clinic ENS diagnosis
According to his brother, Robert became seriously ill in April 2020. He sought care from several physicians in New York while the family tried to understand symptoms that were becoming more difficult to manage. The eulogy describes a period of repeated medical visits without a clear explanation.
In October 2020, the family travelled to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Robert’s brother said that the evaluation included blood testing, MRI and CT imaging, together with additional examinations over several days. On October 28, he reported, an ENT specialist diagnosed Robert with Empty Nose Syndrome.
“On October 28th, we met with an ENT specialist who diagnosed Rob with a condition called Empty Nose Syndrome.”
That statement is important because it is more specific than the surrounding retrospective interpretation: the family source identifies both the institution and the date on which the ENS diagnosis was given.
The earlier operation: what the source does and does not establish
Robert’s brother recalled that Robert had undergone nasal surgery roughly 24 years before the Mayo Clinic visit because a deviated septum was interfering with breathing. He remembered the immediate result as positive and said the operation had initially made breathing easier.
“The operation was a blessing at the time, as he was struggling to breathe, and this had an immediate and positive impact.”
The original version of this page speculated about turbinate surgery. The supporting family account, however, confirms only surgery for the deviated septum. For that reason, this revised version does not present turbinate reduction as a documented fact. The clinically relevant sequence supported by the source is narrower: prior nasal surgery, years in which the earlier operation was remembered as beneficial, a severe illness beginning in 2020, and a later ENS diagnosis.
This distinction is especially important on patient-case pages. A case can illustrate the burden and diagnostic difficulty of ENS without filling gaps in the surgical history with assumptions.
Robert Byrnes beyond the diagnosis
Obituary material describes Robert as deeply connected to Yonkers and to public service. He attended St. Paul the Apostle Grammar School and Archbishop Stepinac High School, earned an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from John Jay College, and later completed a master’s degree in Physical Education at Queens College.
2000: began his law-enforcement career as an MTA Police officer.
2001: joined the Rye Brook Police Department.
2007: became a Yonkers Police Officer.
2012 onward: served as a Sergeant in the Yonkers Police Department.
The family remembered him as proud of both his American and Irish heritage. His interests included running, boxing, painting, travel, time with friends and helping people in his community. One quotation preserved in the memorial material captures that broad attachment to people and place:
“I love my family, my friends, my neighborhood, Yonkers, the Yonkers Police Department, the USA, Ireland and nature and all its beauty.”
Keeping this biographical material matters because the illness was only one part of Robert’s life. It also helps a case page avoid reducing a person to a diagnosis or to the circumstances surrounding their death.
Missing-person and memorial material
The original archive included the missing-person advisory and memorial image below. It is retained as part of the documentary record rather than used as a decorative image.
Primary material and supporting documentation
The funeral speech is the key source for the Mayo Clinic diagnosis and the description of Robert’s earlier septal surgery. The supporting document collects additional material used in the original case page.
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