No Vicodin!

I stopped taking my pain meds two days ago and I am doing really great so far.  The pain is only annoying, it is not near as bad as I thought it would be.  Of course it has been a week and a half, so that could also be why it isn’t so awful...but still, I think I am doing really well without the Vicodin.  Taking that stuff just wasn’t for me.  I have never been very good with prescription narcotics and since I have never done any recreational drugs either I think it is just safe to say that my body just doesn’t know what to do with drugs in general.  Vicodin always makes me feel very strange, even when taking less than the prescribed amount.  I am glad to be done with it.

I am wearing a regular shirt today instead of a button up shirt.  This is also huge progress.  I was told I would need to wear a button up shirt for a bit because of the pain my arms would be in from the breast procedure but I am now doing well enough that I can lift them and put my arms through a shirt.  Not lifting them straight up of course, that would be a little too much, but I do lift them enough to get them through the sleeves and then slip it over my head.  I am excited to start dressing normal again.

On the down side I think that the stress my body went under during surgery caused my to start my period almost 2 weeks early.  I started yesterday and was very annoyed to have to deal with this so soon during my recovery.  But whatever, you can’t ask for perfection I guess when recovering from such a huge operation.  Hoping that it gets over and done with quickly is all I can pray for I guess.  

I am doing really well with emptying my own drains now.  I do it while in the bathroom usually and since I only have the two of them it goes really quick.  I am showering every night again too which also helps me to feel like I am back on the road to being normal.  I couldn’t help but try on a pair of pants to see if they fit or not and I was a bit saddened to see that that not only fit but were a tad bit snug.  It is obviously from all the swelling that I still have around my stomach and my hips.  There is a lot of it going on and my stomach will probably not be flat like it is supposed to be for about 3-4 months.  That is what my surgeon said at least....he even mentioned that there could be slight swelling in areas for up to a year.  Crazy right?  lol  I guess the body needs more time than I thought it did.  

But either way I am really happy with how things are going.   I am hopeful that I will get my cream soon to start applying to the scars so that they will heal even quicker and look even better.  The stuff the surgeon gives us costs $135.00 for 6 weeks worth, so it better be like a miracle cream!  lol   I have seen the results on people though so I know it works.  Anyway, that is my update for now.  I will write again very soon.  :)