When the pain meds are fully in my system, I feel okay. When it gets towards the end and is almost time for the next dose, I am hurting pretty bad. But, I am now taking only half the dose I was taking while in the hospital.
The adhesive bandages stuff (fancy saran wrap) they used on me makes me super itchy. My plastic surgeon removed it and put plain, fluffy, gauzy bandages over my incisions and where the drains come out. I am still itchy, but it, too, does seem to be decreasing. I cannot see my incisions yet, but I can see my breasts, and I have to say, they don't look all that bad!. The doctor filled the expanders a little so I have a bit of projection, but the skin and nipples look pretty traumatized.
Taking deep breaths hurts, but I know how important it is to keep breathing deeply. Also, occasionally I have an extremely sharp pain in my left armpit. My doctor said it is nothing to be concerned about and that it will lessen, too. It might be the expander folded on itself a little, or some thing that got moved around in there is protesting. Whatever it is, it is nearly unbearable. When the armpit pain comes, I get surprised every time by it's intensity. But so far, this particular pain only lasts a few seconds.
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