You know it's funny this subject came up right now. Mine is almost the same story as John N. here, except as the weather has gotten much colder the past few weeks and I started to notice the "Wattle" or turkey neck look again from the lymphatic fluids backing up and I seem to have that "Froggy throat" to go with my "wattle" in the morning, and then both get better in the afternoon. But you know what, I'm pleased to report that I can talk, eat and breath, so the raspy, deeper voice in the morning and swollen neck is small stuff in the big picture!! The last trip to my surgeon , he said my vocal cords look great so it must be the swelling, either from muscle inactivity in the evening, or the fluids backing up again. I'm going to ask on my next visit.