Oh, well, and Steph, if you're reading along, I hope you're feeling good and continuing a smooth recovery.

My throat is sore, but I knew to expect that — when they go in through the front of the throat, they have to move the trachea and esophagus aside, and that causes soreness afterward. But I’ve had colds/bronchitis/etc. in the past where my throat hurt WAY worse than it does right now. It’s like a 1 or 2 on a scale of 0 to 10.

My shoulders and upper back muscles are also sore, and I knew that would probably happen, too. Tinkering with anything in the cervical spine is going to make the nearby muscles sore.

A lot of the numbness and tingling I had in my hands and arms is already gone, which is fantastic!

I had a list of things I was going to watch during recovery, and it turns out I've just been binge-watching MASH on Disney+. My official position is that Col. Potter > Col. Blake.