New here! 9 days post op questions

Thank you for responding! Yes, the cold and hot beverages going down! That is so weird!!!! To me that's actually a good sign in that the muscle nerves, etc., are still working, maybe not the ones in the skin so much. But I am used to that.... I had a total of 7 knee surgeries and there was a lot of nerve disruption. Parts of my leg have numbness, then feeling, then numbness, sort of like a dotted line. But the skin on the outside half of my breast hurts to just gently touch it. It feels like an extreme brush burn.

Yes, the shower. I'm doing exactly that per PS instructions. my husband bought me a shower chair so I could sponge bathe the first couple of days, ahhh. It's nice to just sit there now and have the hot water run down my back.

The drain though! I'm over it. I put on my original compression bra last night. It's pretty snug, but it stops the tube from moving, causing pain. no drainahe over night or so far this morning. I haven't had consistent days of 30 or below.

I'm overall happy with how I'm rebounding, I get tired pretty quickly. It'll come.

Thanks again!!!

Tammy

I get a scapular spasm if I walk or stand to long. A semi reclined position helps. But as long as I can hide it from my ball crazy lab, a tennis ball on the spasm works wonders. You can lay on it or drop it behind you while standing against the wall. I like the wall best because you can then roll the ball across the spasm just by shifting your weight a little. You'll get the hang of it. Learned that from a trainer. Best advice for spasms ever.

Hi!

Yes, this is everything I'm feeling. My surgery was on January 4. Although I only had my left side done, with an expander placed and filled with 450 cc's, I feel all kinds of strange things.... Especially drinking cold or hot things.

Right now as opposed to the first 48 hours post op, my entire boob is on fire. I had regular feeling on the outside half but now, the last two days, if I gently rub my fingers across the skin, it feels like a bad brush burn.

I saw the PS yesterday and everything is healing well. No fever, no redness and the drain will come out Friday....I was doing to much and my output was over 100. I brought up all of my pain issues and skin pain and he assures me it's normal. One of his aids said she experienced the exact same things and not to be surprised if I experience changes in the pain and sensations. They both said it's all part of the healing process. I laughed and said that I feel worse now than I did post op. He says that's usually the case, probably because I started doing more around the house than I should be doing.... And he's right!

One thing he explained to me about the lymphatic system is that the drain is in place to help the lymphatic system drain things that it can't handle on its own right after surgery... When we overdo it, the lymphatic system isn't working properly which means the drain is taking over in its place. Makes sense to me because the past two days I've done nothing and my drainage is less than 20 now! Finally! But you probably have your drain out at this point.

Hope you feel better!