Friday: day 3

Woke up today feeling better than yesterday. I think they finally learned that my body really does hate everything and are listening to me.

Hard pass on the muscle relaxers and stomach things they tried to give me which only gave me cramps and made me throw up twice yesterday (which hurts quite a bit after a surgery of this size!)

We’ve settled on tums, calcium, the thyroid medicine, and Tylenol with codeine. Those interspersed with constant blood draws to check my calcium, which is often low after thyroid removal.

The Endocrinologist and neck surgeon both came to see me today and said I looked good. My lip has a little but of nerve damage but he thinks it will heal with time.

Those are the highlights. I’m hoping I want to eat something today and I’m hoping I can get up from this bed as well. We shall see!