I'm doing well today.  The pain in the few days after the surgery was high, but yesterday it felt like someone punched me in the breast .Today it just feels like I'm wearing an uncomfortable Victoria Secret bra for more than 2 hours.  If you've done that, you know what I mean!   ha ha!

Most likely the pain is coming from wearing a 6 inch ace bandage around my chest and the drain poking through the skin.  The bandage is keeping the swelling down and is also pressing on the hard plastic expander.

The drain is hardly draining any fluids any more, which is a great sign that I probably will have it taken out this Wedensday when I see Dr. Kaidi.  It's the most uncomfortable part of this.  Plus, it keeps me from being able to take a shower.

Rick is doing a fantastic job of taking care of me. How did I rate such a wonderful husband?

Here are some facts I found on post-operative pain:

After surgery, you may feel a mixture of pain and numbness in your chest in the area where surgery was done. This is because nerves were unavoidably bruised, stretched, or cut during surgery. As the nerves grow back, you may feel strange, crawling sensations in your chest. Right after surgery, you may feel brief shooting pains in your chest. This is also because the nerves are irritated.