Hi. John had never had any surgeries or procedures done before his diagnosis. He wasn't on any medications for anything either. The day of his surgery they had to use general anesthia because they did a neck disection, tons of scoping and took some tissue samples and a small piece of the tumor. I was more nervous about him undering general anesthia then he was. He went in through SPU (short procedure unit/same day surgery) but they kept him in Step-Down (monitored unit) because he had a drain coming out of his neck and they just wanted to make sure his throat and airway didn't swell to much. They also kept him on a heart monitor. It was probably about 6 hours from the time I kissed him good-bye until I saw him in his room. They wouldn't let me into recovery to see him because it was very crowded in there that day and it took them a while to "wake him up". Once he was awake he was fine. He has no allergies to any meds.