That cold you caught is making the rounds gave me nasty green and brown crap that felt as if it was coming up from my toes. I was miserable. Cost me two sick days. I can't imagine how you deal with the added hurt from the surgery.
Herbal tea with honey may soothe yor throat a bit.
I hate to say it but you have to keep keeping on for a while more (seven years and counting, sigh). Damn little kid with his cough!
SINS