Congratulations on your date, may you have an uncomplicated surgery and recovery.
Yes, you'll have a tracheal tube down your throat, to just above where the trachea (airway) branches to the left and right lungs. It will be put in after you are put to sleep by other medication, and taken out as you are waking up. The tube is a kind of plastic, but not the same as what you usually find lying around. It is softer than regular plastic, but harder than rubber tubes. You most likely will see the anesthesiologist before your surgery, and he/she will explain to you what will be going on, and show you the tube if you want to see it.
(((((HUGS)))) Please keep us posted and let us know how you are doing as soon as you feel well enough to make it to your 'puter and this board, I shall be keeping you in my prayers.
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