Out of hospital!
Two weeks in hospital with about 4 days in ICU and then the rest in the ward recovering and trying to feed myself to prove to the nurses to set me free...
Surgery went really well. They had to take a bit more of my tongue than they were hoping but i still have the back third which does the swallowing. So happy with that. Put a bit of my stomach muscle in my mouth to act as bulk and assist with eating and speaking. I can speak but have trouble with a few letters but it is really early days yet.
Doc said the nodes in the ND were all clear and some of the "cancer" on the MRI wasn't actually cancer. So that was good news.
No word on rads and chemo yet, will find out soon. But stoked to be out of hospital. Thats the worse bit in my opinion. Rads is ok, least i get to go home every day. Pain i can handle, depression - which i get from hospital stays - i struggle with.
A thank you to all the well wishes.
