warning - nasty stuff ahead:

it's the day after surgery - pretty danged sore, but good overall...the vicodin's taking the edge off the pain for now...

throat's pretty sore, coughing up nasty chunks of blood/phlegm...moving my head to the right, stretching the part with the scars, is not very comfortable...the neck incision was larger than i thought it would be - when i got out of surgery, docs & nurses were raving about how good it was and how it'd be barely noticeable - it sure as hell is noticable now! looks like someone tried to cut my head off, and got about 1/3 of the job done before giving up.

pills are kickin in - time for a nap...