Beautiful dress and perfect with pearls. And keep wearing them forever! They look so good on you.
DH had a benign tumor removed from his thyroid when he was 36 and has done fine. Now he has a bonkers parathyroid gland, soon to be removed. All this apparently caused by experimental X ray treatments to reduce tonsillitis when he was 10. It was scary at first because back then they didn't know if it was cancerous until it was out. Reading up on these issues now, I can appreciate what a long way we have come as far as medical knowledge and treatments.
I'm pretty sure that in a few months no one will notice the scar--the doctor are so good at this surgery now.