Monday afternoon I had my operation at the hospital. I was supremely nervous because I've never been under anesthesia before, but all went as planned. The procedure took approximately 90 minutes once I was knocked out. The pain was a little worse than the chronic migraines I suffer from, but mostly only painful upon swallowing. Pain was different than your typical sore throat, more of a sore muscle than say strep or bronchitis. Chewing is difficult because moving my tongue to either side of my mouth is sore, spitting (IE after brushing my teeth) is very tough. I woke up today with slightly less pain and the ability to eat soft foods, rather than just the smoothies and chili I had been subsisting on. I still have a tegaderm bandage on until my follow up on Tuesday. I can't wait to get this thing off. It's slightly itchy around the edges and rather unsightly with the dried blood underneath. They sent me home with gauze and tape to cover the blood visible through the tegaderm when I'm in public.
