Hi everyone,
I'm home from hospital after 8 days. Surgery went well, hated the trachie the most but luckily it only lasted for 2 days. Started liquid diet 6 days post surgery, and feeding tube came out on day 7 (woo hoo!). I have moderate pain and lots of bruising on my hip (had hip bone and muscle graft) and quite a bit of pain in my mouth but I'm doing pretty well overall. There is still lots of swelling outside my mouth which could take months to go down, if at all. The swelling inside my mouth is not great and makes it had to swallow but I'm looking forward to that going down over the coming days/weeks. I will find out if I definitely need radiation in a weeks time. Until then, I'm on pur�ed food, lots of rest and recuperation. Thanks for all of your concerns, I hope you are all doing well. If anyone had advice/tips on this post-surgery phase, anything from oral hygiene to food ideas to waiting on radiation results they would be extremely appreciated
Rachel