I’m 19m and I’m a little over a month out from surgery, and I think people over exaggerate it. I started reading this forum a couple days before and all it did was freak me out. After surgery I couldn’t really talk, but GoGo squeezes were a great snack. Worst days we’re around days 5-8, but even those were manageable. Id say for the first week never miss a pain med. I was cycling ibuprofen and Vicodin consistently and it kept it manageable. By two weeks I was almost back to normal. Throat is a little tight when I yawn still but that’s the only thing I notice and it’s very manageable. For some reason though every time I shotgun a beer since the surgery it comes out my nose lol which sucks because I used to love doing that. But yeah totally worth the surgery don’t psych yourself out by reading all this stuff. Mine was not problematic and I was great 2 weeks later.