Day Two/Second Night After Surgery

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Written at 10pm on 06/27/2012, 31 hours after my surgery

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The car ride home was incredibly uncomfortable but I was very happy to get home.

I got all set up on the couch propped up, took my next round of meds and dozed on and off all afternoon. I've been able to pee without any issues, but still no BM. I think if I was able to poo I would feel better. :(

I've also been icing my breasts often and I think it's helping. But the weight of the ice can sometimes be uncomfortable. And I've been keeping up on using the breathing toy to keep taking deep breathes.

I've noticed my breasts and body is feeling slightly itchy too. But I can't always reach the right spot. :( So my fiancé gave me a chopstick for scratching stuff. LOL

The doctor prescribed me a medication to help me sleep tonight and for the next few nights. I hope that will help.

Other than that, it was a decent first full day and second night I think. Even though I am currently just not feeling "right". I'm hoping that the next few will be even better.

It's the better part of 90 degrees out still with a high of 100-110 with the heat index tomorrow. So unless it cools off some, I'm going to hold off on that walk. Those temps and no shower or deodorant = gross.

Here's hoping for a good night's rest.

More tomorrow. :)

Update: It's 4:23am and I'm due fur my next pain pill at 4:30. I think my body is pretty in tune with what I need and when.

From around 12a until now, I've slept soundly and when I awoke, I peed and it wasn't too bad moving. Comparably speaking that is.

More to follow.

My First Night Post-Op

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Written at 7am on 06/27/2012, 16 hours after my surgery

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I slept on and off from 11pm till 7am. It wasn't the best sleep I ever had but it was sufficient.

My wonderful fiancé helped me stay up on icing my breasts and keeping up on all my meds. He was a godsend.

I had no issue peeing through the night either, but I'm not surprised that I haven't produced a #2 yet.

I noticed bleeding from around my pain pump tubes which I'll address with the doctor today.

I'm still not in pain; just the constant pressure and tightness is always present. And there is still the feeling of little pinches from under my armpits.

Moving around is an interesting feeling too. I slept on my back propped up at a 45 degree angle. And my whole body feels sore. I have decently strong core muscles so standing up isn't an issue, but it feels very weird once I'm standing.

My chest feels heavy and standing makes the weight feel more shifted to the front (as opposed to the weight feeling more spread out when I'm reclined). And my shoulders feel like they want to stay in the shrugged position (they are very tight and it's hard to force them to relax).

My back is also tight and feels tweaked from sleeping in such a weird position for me. I'm a side and stomach sleeper so this is all just new and uncomfortable for me.

I'm worried that the combo of the muscle relaxer, pain killer and antibiotic plus the walk to the car, the drive to the doctors office, and the drive home will make me nauseous or worse. So I am planning to take an anti-nausea pill about 8:45am (25 min after the rest of my pills).

Here's hoping it'll help.

Well, it's time to start getting ready to leave the hotel. I'll update the post-op doctor's appointment later today.