Yesterday I had my surgery. It went smoothly, and it isn't as debilitating as I thought, but it certainly wasn't pleasant. I have a big ugly black stitch across my throat and a little plastic tube to let excess fluid escape the cavity where they snipped out my cyst. Ick. My neck is stiff and sore, and difficult to move.

It's hard to swallow, hard to sleep, and hard to speak. I have a near-constant dull pain, a 1-2/10 that never ends. It's more irritating than anything, but it's hard to express how disruptive it is. I can't swallow without it jumping to a 2-3/10, sometimes 4/10. This has made it all but impossible for me to sleep until I'm so utterly exhausted I don't register the pain. It's only day two, so I know it will only get better... But god I'm impatient.
Even taking a drink of water is an utter chore due to how difficult and painful it is to swallow. My diet currently consists of applesauce and medicine, as that's about all I can eat because of how painful it is to open my mouth wider than a spoon.

I can't wait for this to be over, I'm supposed to be mostly healed within a week or two. The doctor says I'm going to have a nasty scar from this. It's gonna be rough shaving my neck for a while after I imagine. Anyway, that's enough complaining for the moment. Just needed to vent about it a bit.