# 10th day post op exam / discussion with my dr **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/10th-day-post-op-exam-discussion-with-my-dr/8089 "2020-10-06T01:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ESx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ESx2](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/ESx2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/10th-day-post-op-exam-discussion-with-my-dr/8089/1 "2020-10-06T01:31:17Z")
Dr. Steven Parnes (Albany, NY ~ at Albany Medical Hospital) told me the surgery went very well and that he felt everything was healing nicely. I told him my experience could have been avoided had he communicated with me prior to surgery how he wanted me to deal with the pain / swelling. And he heard me and apologized. I thanked him and told him I really wanted to help his patients going forward so that hopefully no one else would experience what I did. I asked him how much longer he thought my recovery would take ~ swelling to be gone and the weird lumpy tissue at the side of my throat and he said about a week or so. Hopefully this will be the case. He told me I don’t need to return to see him unless I have any other problems. I felt so much better having had an opportunity to express my disappointment in how my post surgery care went down especially because I really feel he heard me. The other test he did (D.I.S.E. drug induced sleep endoscopy) to see if my tongue was the cause of my obstructive sleep apnea ~ with the hope of a future surgery to correct it so I could be off my apnea machine showed I was not a candidate because my tongue isn’t the cause. Naturally what happens to cause my obstruction is not ‘common’ LOL. If it’s “odd” then it’s “me” LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/10th-day-post-op-exam-discussion-with-my-dr/8089/2 "2020-10-06T03:09:52Z")
How nice that Dr. Parnes received your criticism graciously, ESx2. I’m glad you were heard & I hope he is compelled to do better in the future. Perhaps your situation was an isolated case. That would be the best scenario. Honestly, I think he’s being a bit optimistic about healing time (not unusual) as we normally see it takes a month+ for swelling & more normal throat & neck function, but we’ll hope you’re on the quick end of healing & his prediction is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Jules](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/jules/32/404_2.png) [@Jules](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Jules)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/10th-day-post-op-exam-discussion-with-my-dr/8089/3 "2020-10-06T06:55:39Z")
Glad that he listened to you, & hope that it helps others in future! Hope you do heal quickly, but I do agree with Isaiah that he was a little optimistic- we do find that the majority of doctors are like that!