Soooo excited for you Abby!!!
Yeah Jamie is right: watch out for those larvae or whatever they are. The smell is unmistakable though (in a really gross way) so I'm pretty sure you'll naturally steer clear
eww gross smell!
Ahhh you're going to be so happy with your voice! I was happy with mine the second I was able to hear it for the first time, but over the past 2 months it's gained an entirely different tonal quality. Since the top range is starting to extend, it's giving me all sorts of upward mobility with inflection and dynamics of pitch. It's becoming really fun to talk and I find that my conversational pitch range is pretty much right on par with most of the cis women around me. Sometimes I really surprise myself with how girly I sound
I try to remember those moments and learn from them.
And a few words on recovering... pre-op, the absolute highest pitch I could make was ~520hz. 1-2 months post op I was down to ~440hz and a little worried about it. Now at 3 months post op I am getting ~660hz and it becomes easier every day. At the same time, I feel more free to be myself. I can't describe in words how happy I am that my upper range is "shifting" like they said it would.
Another example about recovery... 1.5 months ago, I had an appointment with my endo. He made no mention of my voice, but I did let him know I had a voice surgery. Well yesterday, I had a follow up. He had forgotten I had voice surgery and asked "what on earth" I had done- he was blown away! He wanted all the information about Yeson so he could recommend it to his other patients. Recovery really does take a while, but you'll get there!
Are you excited to be mute for a week? Ha ha ha