What I have learned after pleomorfic adenoma surgery

It is good to have preventive checkups from time to time.

Do your "homework" before choosing a specialist.
As a person in the field of information technology, I advise you not to believe everything written on the internet.
Here is an example: Up to 10 emails can be registered with one phone number in Gmail, and for each email at least 10 pseudo-emails can be created, with which we can create 100 accounts in some forum (since popular forums allow it, I am not even talking about the others). And with those 100 accounts we can "badmouth" doctors who did not treat us like a written egg or differently from our imaginary expectations. The price of one fake SIM card on the market varies around 15 euros. 10 x 15 euros = 150 euros for 1000+ separate accounts and 10 "personalities". If it is theoretically possible, is it unlikely that in practice it is not a fact?

One small lump should not throw you off balance.
I take it as an "SMS" from above. Apparently I need to change many things in my way of life, bearing in mind that I spend 12 - 14 hours of the day sitting in a chair in front of monitors. I am determined not to wait for an "Email" or "Fax".

Apart from the final histology, every diagnosis is a "probability".
I should not allow the presumed diagnosis to drag me into emotional imbalance and cognitive dissonance. Remember: "Imagination is a parallel reality with a real psychological and biochemical effect.
As a friend of mine says (owner of a histology laboratory): Stress is something generated by us and exists ONLY WITHIN US.

The main cause of Warthin tumor is smoking.
As it turned out after the final histology, the presumed pleomorphic adenoma turned into a Warthin Tumor. It is obvious what one of the things is that I need to change.

The facial nerve does not like rough treatment.
Such an operation, purely technically, requires incredible precision and also (purely technically) a larger incision = a larger opening = more precise work for the surgeon = faster recovery for the patient. In cases where this is possible, surgery of the parotid gland with preservation of the facial nerve can also be done with a smaller incision, but this is strictly individual. I agree with the words of Professor Tonchev ("I decide in a second") and I assume there are cases when a small incision is planned, but the situation during the operation requires something else.
In my opinion medicine is neither an exact science nor a humanitarian one. In other words, medical professionals are neither physicists nor lyricists, but something else: medics.

There are many ungrateful patients.
I have a principle: I always thank everyone who does something for me, regardless of whether they are obliged to do it or it is a gesture of goodwill. Whether visually, verbally or digitally, this MUST be a fact (sometimes even with delay).
During my entire stay in the hospital, faithful to my principles, I thanked for everything (infusion, cleaning the room), but in the two rooms in which I spent my hospitalization, I did not hear anyone give thanks. There was even one person who for the two days he was there uttered nothing but complaints and whining.
Dear patients, the medical staff are there to take care of you - that is their duty. Remember that as patients you have not only rights, but also moral (purely human) obligations. By expressing your gratitude, you only help them receive at least a little moral satisfaction (they are materially disadvantaged even without you).
As absurd as it may sound to some of you, for some people moral satisfaction is more important than material satisfaction. "Give in order to receive" is a better strategy than "I will give if I receive" in cases when gratitude is only one word or gesture. The same applies to the medical staff, but by duty they are forced to "give" first. A smile, patience and gratitude are free.

There are also "normal" medical doctors.
This whole adventure (and some others) showed me that there are still Doctors. Medical professionals with ideals, a "normal" value system and principles.
They exist just as every black flock has its white sheep (not a mistake), one simply has to do the homework well. To read between the lines without investing emotions and without allowing my imagination to paint "reality".

Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.
From my page of thanks you will see that 30 (thirty) trained specialists have made efforts for my health and satisfaction. Some of them worked quite hard to qualify enough to be able to do that. If you think that what they do is simply within 2, 3, 15 minutes... think again.
A rich man asked a famous painter to draw him a perfect circle with a dot in the middle. The painter took the brush and in just one minute drew the circle and the dot - exactly as requested.
The client was surprised and said:
- How come so fast? It took you only one minute!
The painter replied calmly:
- Not one minute, but thirty years and one minute.