While my surgery was significantly less involved than your husbands, it still took me the better part of a month to get past the discomfort, and it was another two months before the lymphedema swelling started to go down. Given the extra structures that were removed in your husbands case, I believe patience is going to be the operative word here.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.