No Laryngeal Nerve Damage from my last surgery!

I arrived at the hospital at 7am and I was brought to my room to get started. First, change into the gown, then the no-slip socks and then get into the bed and answer questions like: when did you last eat? What was the last thing you drank? Are you in any pain, etc. Then the anesthesia Doctor came in and I told her that I was nauseous in the car when I went home the last time so she told me about the anti-nausea stuff they were going to put in my anesthesia cocktail and she gave me a patch to put behind the ear to help address longer term nausea. The surgical resident and an intern came by to introduce themselves and the nurse who would be with me in surgery came by to do a few thing (get few more signatures, etc.) I put on the blue shower cap thing, said bye to Paul and they started to roll me down the hallway to the operating room. The next thing I knew I was in the Operating room and then I do not remember much after seeing those big surgical lights and all of those people standing around. Some were putting sticky things on my skin so they can monitor important things like heartbeat and who knows what else. For this surgery, one of the most important monitoring tools is a specialized breathing tube that has sensors that monitors the my Laryngeal nerve. The machine makes all kinds of noises it if recognizes a change in the nerve function. I was in the operating room for 3 hours and when I woke up, my neck was cramping so they gave me something to make it stop. I sort of remember waking up from surgery and asking if my voice was normal and I think I asked a few different people. Thank goodness there was no damage at all to the nerve on this side! For this second surgery, my incision was stitched and taped rather than glued shut. I had the recovery room to myself and the nurse lowered the shades so it was dark and cozy. I had cantaloupe, honeydew and pineapple for lunch. Paul spent some time with me after surgery but he left for a few hours so that I could get some sleep. And I did sleep but a few times I woke up because I was super nauseous and I did actually get sick in the bathroom. It was pretty terrible. Despite my nausea, I still wanted to go home that day but I couldn't leave until they tested my calcium levels. They were a little low so I was given a prescription for Tums. Which is pretty inexpensive so it's good to know that is a good way to get calcium. By 8:15PM we left the hospital and headed home sweet home. We were against the clock trying to make it to the pharmacy before they closed at 9pm but traffic was no problem and we made it to the pharmacy at 8:45. When we got home, I started to walk up the stairs to our house and as soon as I got to the top of the stairs, I turned around because I knew I couldn't make it to the bathroom in time to get sick again. I threw up 4 more times outside of the house. It was dark and I really hope the neighbors did not hear or see me. I am so relived that my voice is normal. I feel more tenderness compared to the last surgery but maybe I didn't pay attention to the pain because I was so concerned about my voice. So now I am at home and my dog is by my side and my parents are here too. I meet with the Endocrinologist next week. I want to know if he agrees with the surgeon that I should do the Radioactive Iodine treatment. If he says yes, I will find out how soon I can get that done.