Good luck, Alice! I’ll be thinking of you! You got this 💪🏽💗

Did you do it

Thanks so much 💗

Thanks so much, Happy New Year! 🥳

Thank you so much, that’s what I was hoping to do so I’m so happy to hear this, thank you! xx

Thank you 😊 Reassuring others was my main goal, so I’m happy to hear that it sounds like I’ve achieved that 😊 Although my pain tolerance is really high as I’m so used to being in pain, so I was hoping this would show that looking well, doesn’t always mean the person is well, & that if I can describe a surgery like this as being ‘low level pain,’ I’d hope people would realise what that says about my daily, chronic pain & my other debilitating symptoms 😌 xx

Really pleased to hear that! Good luck with your surgery!

Thank you! Haha, it drove me slightly crazy too! It’s still itchy but has settled down a lot now, thankfully!

That must have pretty hard for her! Hope her recovery went smoothly aside from that!

Good luck with it Jess, I’m sure you’ll be absolutely fine!

Thanks 😊

Ooh Melissa, we have a lot of similarities! Mine was my left side, US biopsy was inconclusive, it caused mild dysphasia & severe sleep procrastination & also got it removed on the 21st (but of December!), I’ll be thinking of you on the day, and hoping it goes as smoothly as possible!

@@GeorginasJourney it went well. Seeing your after surgery videos have been very helpful! I had my drain removed yesterday and I'm still struggling with sore throat/cough from intubation, but doing what I can by trying to stay hydrated! No pathology results yet on the mass though. Been healing well, however my tongue tip on the right side is numb. I'm leaning towards intubation nerve damage, but seeing if it needs more time to "wake up". I see my ENT on Feb 21st and will mention it if I still don't have feeling. Thank you for your videos again!! So helpful!

@@didntevenchoosethisfont141 hi lovely! So glad to hear you’ve had it done & are on the other side now! I got my pathology results back about 3 weeks post op, so you should have yours back in the next couple of weeks hopefully 😊 & I also had numbness caused by nerve damage for about 4 weeks- it then turned from numbness to soreness as the nerves healed & grew back about a month post op, so hopefully you’ll get sensation back in a few weeks too 🤞🏽 I discussed it with my ENT & nerve damage can take a few weeks or a few months to heal, but definitely ask about it at your follow up (if not before) just to double check that it’s definitely nerve damage that you’re dealing with! (& hopefully it is, as I was told that nerve damage is most often temporary from this sort of surgery) 💗

I'm having my left thyroid lobe removed Feb 10. I've been dealing with a hoarse voice since October 2021! The lump is benign but I'm having it removed because I can see it and I can feel it sometimes when I swallow. It's a little over 2.3 cm.

@@GeorginasJourney Hi friend!! My pathology came back with cancer 🙃 so I'm going to be getting the right side removed towards the end of Feb. It was carcinoma encapsulated angioinvasive type. It was about 2.3 cm of my 4 cm mass. My Endo and ENT both agreed and leaned toward removal of my right side because of my age and it is eaiser to monitor changes when the whole gland is out. Overall I'm okay and just grateful the have it removed before it got to the point where it could be typed or spread to other structures! On a better note, I'm getting feeling back in my tongue tip which is great! Thank you for your kind words and your videos 💕

Thank you! :)

Im not sure if they have them in pharmacies, but I bought some from Amazon after someone else suggested it to me! Definitely a good idea for people who have issues with healing, or when nurses haven’t followed the doctors guidance 😅 Cling film is usually recommended for showering with wounds, but it’s not always recommended for wounds on the neck as it can be dangerous (in case it accidentally tightens & chokes you or something), so I didn’t want to recommend that as it’s not very safe!

@@GeorginasJourney you’re totally right. No idea why that didn’t come across my brain haha. Maybe cut a square of it and use some waterproof tape so it’s not wrapped around

@@elisewynn2951 it’s what they recommend for most incisions, so it makes sense that you thought to recommend it! And I cut a square out of a plastic bag & used that…but didn’t have any waterproof tape, so the tape I used came right off 😂 I’ve currently got the second set of steri strips on (that I bought) but I’m going to take them off tomorrow & hope for the best, as it’s been almost 2 weeks of steri strips so that should have had enough time to heal now 😊 Definitely keep giving tips if you find anyone else in my situation, as I’m so glad you & that other person recommended me to get more of the steri strips 😊

Hope you feel better soon! Thank you!

@@GeorginasJourney Thank you ma'am...

Sorry to hear what you & your dad went though, Eric! Hope you both recovered okay!

@@GeorginasJourney We’re both doing OK he’s actually do the surgery here very soon kidney transplant

@@ericgonzales3786 I hope it goes as smoothly as possible!

Still very early days, that was only 9/10 days ago!

@@rosariomontes746 hi! Like most surgeries, you want to take it easy for at least a week, no driving, no heavy lifting, etc, hope you heal well 🫶🏽

Good luck Antonia, you’ll be absolutely fine 💗 Let me know if you have any questions before or after ☺️ My what to expect video is a good one for knowing what to expect immediately after & also up to 6 months after ☺️

@@GeorginasJourney Thanks for replying Georgina! Watching your videos last night really put me at ease. I’m having day surgery so no overnight stay which is stressing me out a bit as I don’t know if I have to go home with the drain. It’s reassuring to see that your recovery wasn’t a particularly painful experience as this is definitely one of my biggest concerns! Thanks for making the videos :)

@@antoniakatherine1915 I’ll be thinking of you! If you haven’t got one yet & have time to get one, a V shaped pillow could be helpful for your first two nights, or alternatively, it may be helpful to add an extra pillow behind you so that you can sleep at an angle rather than lying flat ☺️

I had half of my thyroid removed, good luck with your surgery!

Yes, it’s safe. You wake up when you’re ready, usually within 30 mins

@@GeorginasJourney wow...my hemi thyrodectomy is scheduled in this week ...you n your videos very inspiring

Thank you! I’m wishing you a speedy recovery! Let me know if you’d like me to link anymore videos, I think I made around 4 for my thyroid surgery & recovery 😊

@@GeorginasJourney for sure...today I have appointment with anesthesia doctor, by his approval doctor will.go forward...only thing I have to maintain is my anxiety

Hi! Good luck for next week! Sounds like you’re in the same position I was in! I have a video all about the surgery itself that you may find helpful! I’ll link it below! 😊

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@@GeorginasJourney thanks

I did yesterday mine was one side removed but it’s ok so far.

@@nasteha874 I am changing my doctor the doctors here in U.K. are terrible week he tells me my calcium is low then he tells me it’s fine. So now been referred back to ent as I have had pins and needles on my hands and body since surgery