I did it! Day 3 post op LJS

First thing I noticed on waking after surgery was my breathing. It felt like a link in my airway i didn’t know I had was now straightened.

Day one was good, not much pain and if it started was taken care of so quickly. Day 2 i am swollen. Had a bad early evening - drain had blocked and I was swelling into throat - bit scary but dr / nurse removed some clots and it started draining. Looks blocked again but not impacting throat now.

Apparently next couple days are the worst for swelling - not sure how much bigger I’ll get!

Overheard two drs talking about how “gorgeous “ my airway looks on the scan. The airway wasn’t even the main reason I was getting surgery! Fingers crossed my bite is comfortable when feeling returns and swelling reduces.