Sounds like I my post op.
1. I hurt like my body had endured enough pain until they sent me home in 24 hours post-op without any pain meds. It was a cross between uncontrollable pain and suffering from King Kong running me over until Vicoden was rx'd in. That didn't even touch it and has never since.

2. The muscle in the throat area is in spasms. I complained about this for a year. It finally goes away to a point. I still get it.

NO circulation is scary though. I have that now and its not normal for your hand to be absolutely cold and whit all the time as it is swollen. Swelling means there is injury.

All I can tell you is to get you *** out of bed and move.
Get the circulation flowing to relax the muscles.
You have got to do it!

And then...
Call in the medical troops to do a FULL evaluation!
KEEP A JOURNAL JUST IN CASE.

Throat and voice:
I am suspecting the anesthesiologist maybe used a slightly too large of a tube.
I have learned when I go in for surgeries (TOS post-op 2002) to tell them 2 things: 1. DO NOT HYPER EXTEND MY NECK 2. USE A SMALLER THAN NORMAL TUBE

Your lucky to have Dilaudid
I first was called in Vioxx and Celebrex. THATS IT!

You have only be home a very short time.
Give yourself time.
Do as the surgeon said: NO LIFTING MORE THAN 5 lbds (gallon of milk weighs 10 lbs), opening heavy doors, folding clothing, pulling up, grasping, AND KEEP ARMS AT WAIST HEIGHT.
Most importantly as I said MOVE the body to get the circulation moving.
It has been shocked

Cyn, you and I were posting at the same time - haha, I was going to add not to forget that you, Momz, were untubated for ? hours during surgery, and this can leave you with a sore throat and froggy voice...

BUT, I am not comfortable telling you over the net after surgery what sounds normal or not - I would be happier if you were rechecked by the surgeon or your doc to make sure that all of your issues are "ok" and that you're healing fine.

God bless you on your healing path.

Everyone has brought up good points.

The journal or even just some short notes and a listing of all these things that you have mentioned - so you have them in front of you when you call, or email, or fax the surgeon.

Let him know what is going on and hopefully he can advise you if these are usual or if any steps should be taken.

Have you had any follow up appts yet or is one scheduled?

Momz and Racheal - so glad to hear you both made it through surgery well. Please take care of yourself and take it easy. The healing process is slow but hopefully when you are done you will both feel so much better.

Tshadows advice is great. I also had numbness near the incision site is normal and lasted about a month, as I recall. However I did not experience any of the other symptoms you are having. Make sure to ask your doctor sooner than later.

Do not feel discouraged it you do not feel better right away. It took me up to 1 year to have NO pain. As I have posted, since I felt great I over did many things which caused my set back. The worst was my drive to Disney last year which brought the TOS back. I did 99% of the driving. Very stressful with you husband and 4 children in the car, from NJ to FL. We are going again next month but I will change the driving habits. This time, my daughter, Ryann can help with driving. Plus I will trust my husband to drive alittle without me freaking out. Also, Dr. T gave me good advice for the ride.
But, as I said, don't be discouraged, nerves take a long time to heal. Linda