Feeling it today

At my appointment yesterday, the surgeon mentioned that some people do really well the first couple of weeks after surgery and then feel worse in weeks three to six, because of the healing process and nerves, etc. I am finding this to be the case! I'm certainly not as uncomfortable moment to moment now that the drains are out, but the holes where they were removed are still in the process of healing up and it looks like someone stabbed me with a pencil. This is exactly as gross as it sounds. They will, apparently, close up in a few days. 

I think that in the time immediately after surgery, there's so much going on with a body that you can't really focus on where or what specifically is hurting. There's also a lot of adrenaline sort of powering you through. Now that the drains are out and the saniderm wrap (it looks like saran wrap and they put it over the whole site so you don't have to deal with dressings, which is awesome) is off, I'm able to focus on which parts of my body hurt. It's still not terrible. It's manageable with tylenol or ibuprofen at this point. It's just interesting to see the evolution of this healing process. 

It's hard to describe these sensations, but it's a little like when your whole body is cold, and you get a little numb, and then only when you start to warm back up does that coldness become painful. This is kind of (but not really) how I'm feeling, if that makes sense.

My energy level is still great (I have been warned not to overdo it because I'll go from feeling really good to feeling like I have made mistakes) and I'm not having a bad time, I'm just feeling what I've been through a little more than I was able to when I was still coming off of the initial surgery.