The official part of my recovery is drawing to a close.  Tomorrow I head back to work, back to my normal routine, back to the grind as they say.  I will work a 10 hour day in a stressful environment and return to a family who will still need me as well.  I will return late to a house that needs cleaning, lunches that need making and laundry that needs doing.  I will remember that this is my life; and life will continue on just as it always has.  It has been nice to have these past two weeks off, regardless that it has been for recovery.  Although I am physically ready to return to work I would love to have a little bit more time at this relaxed pace.  I don't remember feeling this good and healthy.  I feel normal and have had very little stress.  Something tells me that this is how life should be.  I am hoping that at least some of this new found peace has to do with the removal of a sick gland and that I will feel just as well when I return to work.  I am going to keep a positive attitude that this is the case. 

Although my official recovery is drawing to an end.  I know that I actually still have more recovery ahead of me.  I can see it in the lines in my neck; hear it in the volume and pitch of my voice; and feel it in the lump in my throat.  I will also still need to have my medication regulated and will have to take this medication every day for the rest of my life.  Still, I believe that the worse is over and I can leave behind the chapter of anxiety and stress caused by making this decision.  I know that it was the right one and that in the end I will be better for it.