I survive!

Yay! Surgery was a grand success, and despite some lingering drowsiness yesterday afternoon, I was totally fine. The doc wanted me to stay over night as a precaution, to make sure air from my trachea wasn't leaking out under the flap of skin/muscle that was pulled over the dent in my throat. The stretching of one of the vertical muscles in my neck horizontally to make a flap over the hole the surgeon cut out has resulted in some soreness. Right now, my throat's a little stiff, but once the muscles loosen up, things should be back to normal. I was looking forward to popping some Vicodins, you know, for 'pain management', but the nurse warned me they tend to 'bind you up' (read: severe constipation) so I passed on the pills. The stitches come out next week Thursday, so I'll be taking it easy until then. Gotta make sure this scar stays nice and pretty, I guess, so no therapy for a little while either. But at least now I'll have the time to make some progress on my Tivo queue; it was getting backed up.