Sorry for the post surgical post YIKES it was bad! I tried to clean it up a bit...
Had the surgery on the 26th. We got lucky, an opening occurred and Doc pushed up the date. He prefers not to use the surgical suite on Fridays.
The procedure to repair my voice box went longer than expected. There was more scar tissue than expected around the nerve. I was on the table for six hours. The doctor and cosmetic surgeon said things went well. Now I have to be quiet until the doc says. I am NOT having a full reconstruction. I guess I got used to not having an Adam's apple. Having a bunch of additional stuff added seems silly. Zahir said it was my choice and said okay.
I was groggy for a couple days afterwards. Z was constantly shushing me and had me using the tablet my fingers weren't cooperating enough to sign, I hate anesthesia. I have to take medications of pain and anti inflammatory. Zahir brought in backup, MEEMAW arrived early this morning. She must have flown all night.
The cosmetic surgeon used tiny little sutures to close me up that SHOULD look like a normal neck crease when the tissues heals. I told her it still makes me look like Frankenstein's creation. She said what I am seeing is a fresh wound, with the elasticity of my skin you'll have to look hard to see the revised scar. When She and Z spoke together they switched to German. I don't understand much German but I COULD understand some of the potty mouth things she had to say about the DCF approved doctor who closed me up last.
Doc had me doing TH, SH, M and H sounds today. Smiles all around, fingers crossed that this continues.
Christopher
