No one could tell anything without surgery, so. . .I had a right lobectomy and isthmusectomy on Monday, 9/13. It wasn’t really that bad—except for the intubation. I felt as if I had a scorcher of a strep infection for the first couple of days. Swallowing was very painful, and, in fact, it’s still a little tender to swallow. Oddly, swallowing liquid is a little more painful than swallowing, say, yogurt.
My digestive system was thrown completely out of whack, too; in an almost unprecedented occurrence, I had absolutely no appetite until today. Nor was I particularly thirsty until yesterday.
My voice is a bit weak still (I don’t think I could shout), but no longer hoarse—and, in hindsight, it had been a bit hoarse for a while before surgery. The incision is healing well, and I’ve been diligently stretching my neck muscles, so I don’t think I’m going to have any range-of-motion problems.
Unfortunately, I haven’t heard anything about the final pathology report. I go in Tuesday to have my stitches checked/removed and the surgeon said he would speak to me then. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to wait that long. It’s only because I’ve been recuperating from the surgery that I haven’t been calling every day to get the results. But, they never call you when the news is good—so, maybe it’s a good sign that the surgeon’s office hasn’t called me?
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