During my tongue cancer surgery in October '23 they removed several lymph nodes. One of those had thyroid cancer in it. So once I healed from the tongue cancer and radiation and chemo I went back to Rochester and had my thyroid removed in May. I kept my tube through that because I thought the second surgery might cause my throat to swell and challenge my swallowing again. I was right, it did. Once that calmed down and my eating picked up I had it out in August of '24. So I kept it 7 months past my first surgery and 3 months past the second.