I'm doing well! I'm off of all medication at this point, and it's going well. The hardest part is if I change levels (so sitting up after lying down, standing up after sitting, stuff like that) because the blood rushes to different parts of my body and the surgical sites ache and the drains remain incredibly annoying. They did an axillary lymph node dissection, which is the technical term for "scooped out some tissue from my armpit to check the lymph nodes for cancer," and this means that that area of my body is sore in some places and completely numb in others due to nerve damage. My upper arm on that side is also simultaneously numb in places and very sore. I feel what are called "zingers" in the surgical sites on my chest, which I think are related to nerve stuff, or general healing? I'm not sure. I know it's normal, but it feels incredibly weird. They are basically sharp, shooting pains, they don't happen too often and they go away super fast, they're just very surprising.
Every morning and every night, I empty the surgical drains and record the amount of liquid in them. I am hopeful that by the time I have my follow-up (next Monday), they will be ready to come out.
I'm doing my best to rest (it's boring), and I can go for walks, but otherwise I'm taking it easy for now. It's going well, and my energy level is great, especially considering surgery was just over a week ago.
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