I missed Gary's get together for a preliminary procedure scheduled the day before in Philly, an had the full procedure one week ago today at UPenn hospital in Philadelphia. I was in the hospital for five days instead of the projected three. Horrible recovery process. I am barely speaking or swallowing. This was due to severe sleep apnea with off the charts test results. I has bee almost a year since I started the fight with insurance company to cover the 3 procedures involved, and ended up having to pay for one of the three out of pocket , but there may be an option yet still. Tonsills/adenoids out, UPP- enlarging hole in back of my throat to about twice the size and removing uvula, and TORS - trans oral robotic surgery to remove substantial excess tissue from back of tongue. Recovery is projected at three weeks and though I scoffed at this at first, i had so man complications in the hospital and now out I believe it will be longer than that. It is an awful procedure to go through. I have gone from 191 lbs to 173 lbs in 8 days. I wanted to get back to performing and singing by labor day but I'm thinking Oct 1st is more reasonable. Don't know if anybody else has had this but would like to know what your recovery was like. I'm also on constant pain killers that impede the thought processes for everything else. Update to come several days from now.