1 Week Post Surgery

I am slowly recovering from the mastectomy. It is taking me much longer than I expected. Yes, it is major surgery, but I assumed since it was soft tissue this would be easier. I left the hospital with two drains and was able to have the longest one pulled yesterday. It was pretty yucky just thinking that this long 10” piece of plastic tubing was in my chest from my waist to my sternum. The second drain will be removed on Friday and I am told it is the shorter of the two. I still need pain medication for sleeping at night and late in the day as I start to hurt again after moving around. Morning and afternoons I feel pretty good. I have lost feeling in the back of my arm from my elbow to my underarm. The doctor told me that I should get most feeling back but will have some numb patches that remain.