#friends have told me that days 3 thru 5 post op are theorists and that i will likely hit a turning point very soon where everything

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day three post op (late sry)

yesterday straight up sucked

i slept horribly the night prior, my nerve blocks wore off leaving me with pain and sensitivity everywhere, the whole day was something of a blur

super grateful that my nurse stopped by to change my dressings which are way more comfortable now and a friend stopped by to check on me and make me lunch and keep my company since my mom went back home in the morning and everyone else in my house had to work

had an edible instead of oxy to get thru the night which was much better

i think my drain sites are gonna bruise but my mastectomy sutures and graft bolsters all look good with no visible inflammation or bruising

drain output has been less and less in volume and less opaque and more pink and orangey with more clots (horrid. but normal and good lol)

had help taking my weekly t shot last night and it hurt so badly. probably because i’m living in nerve hell sensory overload rn and i was unlucky and struck a blood vessel

here’s my living room setup from yesterday. the rolling cart + side table combo has been so essential. percy took his role as lap warmer very seriously

u know the drill. chest image below the cut

peep the much improved and more stable drain port dressings. you can’t see it well but there is a much larger clear adhesive like second skin holding the gauze and drains in place, meaning the drains themselves and the sutures holding them in place are tugging WAY less. i still feel a deep ache and discomfort and sometimes sharp pain from the drains both inside and the ports but the improvement is night n day

shoutout to my nurse for fixing me up, she’s an angel

the lanyard is just for when i’m bathing which i did right after i took this pic. otherwise, i safety pin the drain bulbs to my shirt. any purple or orange you see on my skin is marker and betadine that hasn’t come off yet with scrubbing. the glue over my sutures is collecting just a little bit of lint from my shirt and just barely beginning to flake off, so it looks slightly more raggedy

as always, Qs are totally welcome. love u guys and hope ur well