Update on my - lingual tonsillectomy

What a wonderful hospital & great care received.. [Even in light of difficulties like it taking 6 RNs over an hour with lots of lidocaine for numbing, and ultimately even the anesthia doc to find a vein before surgery....

and a first for me (which is saying something, in light of all my hospital experience)...
They (the Pre-Op nurses that all took a poke at me) sent a card to my room for speedy recovery & Apologies!! awww..]
at Presbyterian / Novant Hospital downtown Charlotte NC!

I'm pretty sure I should say a big thank you to all those prayer warriors at Meemaw's Stetson Baptist too!! Wish I could hug y'all, keep up the great work!!

The power of the Lord is amazing!!

While I was under care for lingual tonsillectomy (to be sent for lymphoma biopsy)
& coblation / removal of lymphatic tissue at the base of tongue...

It was discovered I walk in Meemaw's footsteps even more.

Diagnosis; (the precursor to her Angina) Myocardia Ischemia ... & although it will get pushed to the top of the list ... It is, after all, just more validation of my family tree studies!

So while I convalesce at home...
I hope to  up-to-date on the daily...

Kevin is an absolute angel; providing for whatever I may need... Even things like; organic cold press apple juice - very soothing!

I continue to take same meds from prior to surgery plus (now) the pain med dilaudid, anti-inflammatory to keep throat tissues from swelling, a little something for nausea, just in case -don't want to vomit.. It needs to try to form a scab in there.

Coblation: a way to remove tissue without traditional cutting/excision. A plasma laser is robotically directed by surgeon - following a field of saltwater irrigation.  (Doc says the technical lingo for that is; Star Trek stuff!) lol
Tissues are COLD seared & suctioned away, leaving nothing to be stitched - left as open wound.

That's my story for today, and I'm sticking to it!

Night y'all & say your prayers!!

Here's a scholarly link about lingual tonsillectomy by cold ablation;

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lingual+tonsil+hypertrophy+causing+severe+dysphagia%3A+Treatment+with...-a0222558070

(If link not clickable,  copy & paste into browser)