Do I Need Time? First surgeon appoint today, surgery in 2 weeks!

Take a water bottle with a pull out top. Trying to drink from a glass even with a straw is too hard when you can't move easily. You will want to drink a lot of water to ease the sore throat from the tube, strepsils helped a bit too.
good luck with your surgery, I hope it goes really well.
I was surprised how quickly I healed and how little pain there was after the first few days. Panadol took care of it.
The lymph node removal site was the most tender.