Good and bad news for the past few days.

The good? Most of the pain and stiffness related to my incision and the surgery proper is gone! I can move around my home, walk around outside and, most importantly, get up and down with minimal effort. Still some work to be done, but everything happening there looks promising!

I was even able to corral the worst of the nausea and hiccup symptoms this morning! I, with much effort, was able to get a dissolvable Zofran to dissolve properly and do its job after which I was able to make the spoonful of sugar home remedy work for my hiccups. No vomiting and no uncontrollable hiccups in between or during the vomiting? Win-win. I was even able to eat something solid today too!

The underlying issue, the problems with the tongue and it's nerve(s), is starting to become the subject of a "pass the buck" game with the providers. My surgeon's office repeatedly tried to say this was not their problem, foisting me off to my primary care provider. A problem with their "not my problem" logic: the numb tongue was one of the first things I noticed when I woke up from the procedure. Whatever caused it, happened in the OR.

As of right now, I have 1/2-3/4 of a tongue that's numb and perpetually dry with no taste from it. When I get over that particular hurdle, there's a part of my throat that I have to put in a bit more effort to swallow food or drink. The hospital seems to be acting like I'm going to sue them by the tone and tenor of my interactions the past few days. At this point, I'm not interested in liability. I'm interested in a fix and their unwillingness to look into it is concerning.