So, went for my 1 wk check up today and the jury is still out on whether this surgery corrected my issue. The surgeon is confident it has, but there is so much swelling yet that we don't know how well the graft is working. I asked him what he grafted (I can feel it on both sides) and it is cadaver cartilage....I told him Oh no, now am I am one of the walking dead.......we laughed! I go back in 3 weeks and should see improvement, so it is a waiting game right now, ugh! I forgot to tell you, I couldn't get my wedding ring and band off the morning of surgery, so the nurse said they would just tape it up.....well, when they were getting me ready to go home, they gave Jim a bag with my rings in it.....they had to get it off as the doc was cauterizing me and my ring arced so now I have a burn on my finger and can't get my ring back on til that heals....gggrrr! I was afraid they had cut it off, but they just soaped and oiled it like crazy and got it off.......😜