There's definitely a lot of differences from the last surgery. I'm not in as much pain but I can feel the incisions this time and they hurt! Last time I completely lost feeling so I couldn't even feel where they cut me. The drains are painful again (argh!) but my chest isn't nearly as sore/tight. Last time it felt like my muscles had been pulled super tight and I couldn't really lift my arms past my shoulders. My chest is just sore now but no tightness. I think this will be much easier (and quicker) to heal from.
I see my plastic surgeon on Monday and although he said he probably won't be able to take the drains out at the appt, just him saying that gives me hope that the drains will come out a lot sooner than the 2.5 weeks it took last time. The drains are such a pain.
I'll get to see the new foobs on Monday...I hope I'm not disappointed. They can't be any worse than the terrible expanders, right? Already I can tell that they are so much softer than the expanders. woot! I am so excited to be able to cross my arms across my chest, sleep on my stomach and have cleavage again. It probably doesn't seem like a big deal, but I missed those things :P
Here I am before surgery yesterday, I was SO ready:
Then after surgery:
So that's the update. Only 1 more surgery to go! only 20 more days until my 1 year since diagnosis. Phew- what a year!
I'm going to post pictures of my incisions...they aren't super nasty but I wanted to warn you- don't scroll down if you don't want to see them!
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