The founder's story
The day after my surgery, I ended up back in emergency. Nobody had told me it was normal.
"I had started coughing up green mucus and felt something in my chest when I breathed. I was terrified — I thought something had gone wrong. The emergency team put me in ICU. It turned out to be completely normal post-surgical buildup. Nobody had told me this could happen."
After my hemithyroidectomy, I went home with almost no guidance. I didn't know I'd need to sleep sitting up for days — I hadn't bought the right pillows. I didn't know my voice might take weeks to return. I spent nights on TikTok and Google, anxious and alone, searching for answers I should have been given at discharge.
That unnecessary ICU visit — the fear, the confusion, the cost to the healthcare system — is entirely preventable. That's why I built Recoverly.
Sarah Idrissi-Yazami
Founder, Recoverly · Gold Coast, Queensland