day 3

[nilchance]

recovery has been humbling. for instance, I had to ask T to put my socks on last night because I was cold. (she did it without any fuss because she's awesome.) I'm trying not to feel guilty about all the things I have to ask for help with.

I just got a reminder in terms of not pushing it in that my right drain, the side with my dominant hand, decided to drain three times what it had been. I think I'm maybe stretching and reaching for things too much and aggravating the drain site, so I've been on my best behavior this afternoon in terms of keeping to T-rex arms.

without the ten pounds of insulation on my chest, I've been kind of chilly. we keep our apartment cool, which is normally comfortable but last night and today I've been burrowed under blankets. focus is still touch-and-go, but I watched an episode of The Middleman (recommended by a friend) and found it delightful.

pain is about a 3/10; I've got zappy nerve pain starting in my chest, which is exciting in that it implies the nerves are reconnecting already. I've dropped the dosage of edibles (except at night) and I've been fine today.

the animals are not particularly sympathetic. Yoda comes over to look expectantly at me, waiting for me to accompany him on his walks, and then walks away looking confused. Boodle has climbed on my legs while I'm napping to stare at me; I was ready to stop her from getting near my chest and I have a mastectomy pillow as a protective buffer, but all she did was sniff me and walk away looking vaguely miffed.

so yeah, not a lot going on today. no complications thus far, not much pain. I've heard it's only up from here, so fingers crossed!

Comments

[dine]

not a lot going on, meaning no complications and not much pain sounds good! reduced pain and lower amounts of edibles will probably help sharpen focus

I'm so glad it's going smoothly for you

[nilchance]

thank you! I'm really glad too. so many people whose vlogs and blogs I've followed are twenty years younger than me or more, and so I was expecting a much more complicated recovery, but nope, my body is just taking it in stride so far. fingers crossed that it stays that way.

[coyotegestalt]

Middleman is SO GOOD

[nilchance]

I'm really charmed by it so far!

[weyrlady]

Your body is using a lot of energy to heal at the moment, and possibly less than usual to keep you warm, which may be contributing to the chill. Hopefully that means you'll feel warmer as you heal up!

[nilchance]

that makes sense. the heater has temporarily had its power supply rerouted in an emergency. luckily I have a lot of hoodies prepared for this. XD