One Long Week

It's done.  I had a mastectomy.  Yay??  It's actually been a week now, but I've felt like crap so I haven't really cared about writing.  I had surgery on Friday and stayed in the hospital overnight before coming home early Saturday afternoon.  Saturday and Sunday were VERY long days.  The pain medication they gave me made me sick so I spent most of those days with a bucket in my lap.  I was miserable.  After a while I gave up on the pain pills and just stuck to Tylenol.  That made a huge difference.  Since then, it has just been the slow process of recovery.  I got the first two drains taken out on Tuesday and the rest taken out Thursday.  That has made a huge difference in terms of my comfort level.  Having tubes tugging at your skin and trying to tuck in bottles so they don't fall and accidentally pull out the tubes is not a comfortable process.  I'm still sore and don't feel   like I'll be doing any cartwheels anytime soon, but at least I can shower and go about my life a little more freely now.