POST SURGERY

PLEASE don't let this picture fool you. I was 2 hours post-surgery and feeling HIGH as a KITE! It's the NEXT picture that shows my true feelings.

Lovely, huh? My nose is so red from rubbing it raw. Narcotics do that to me. I itch and itch and itch. Can you feel my pain?

The surgery went really well. Dr. S told me that it took longer than anticipated because he was having a hard time locating my vocal chords. So instead of 90 minutes, it turned into 3 hours. He did a great job though and is 99% sure that my thyroid is non-cancerous. There is a 20% chance that I'll need medication to regulate my thyroid function, but I won't know for a month. I'm praying that I'm in the 80% category.

Here is the infamous blown IV. See how SWOLLEN my arm is? It didn't even last 12 hours. I just can't fiure it out. Thankfully they were able to get another one in my opposite hand fairly easily.
The next few pictures are of the allergic reactions I had to the sticker leads. Itchy, itchy, ITCHY! (and they were only on my body for less than 4 hours.)



I'm home...48 hours later and I'm back in my own bed! :) Final results coming to a future post near you.