Week Two of healing

I'm still getting better.  It's easier to move around, I feel less tired, more normal and not dizzy, I have more energy, I can do small stuff around the house.  The weeping in the breasts has finished.  I am more mobile.  But this week although progress is markedly slower, being out of the initial healing stage, there are things that are I'm finding out.  My left arm is seriously painful, not on the lymph node cut, there seems to be some tendon which is very tight and very painful which is worrying.  My nipples are still bleeding and weeping a bit every day thanks to the extensive bruises below them.  My breasts are still misshapen and flat and bruised and yellow in places.  The stitches below them seem to have healed to a wide, raised scar line under the breasts with the stiches still in place.   I have lots of places where my skin is numb.

Towards the end of the day my surgical bra really hurts, rubs, irritates and my breasts seem to be burning up, particularly underneath and around the edges of the bra like if you've worn a shoe and bare feet for the first time in the summer and you can't bear to take another step because it hurts your skin on your feet.  At the end of the day my breasts have lots of twinges and 'pull'  and have strange shooting pains and sometimes I get very strong pins and needles.  My shoulders and arms are still tired.  I can't reach up very far without feeling like it's pulling.  Sometimes my breasts are really hard and I think they are going to explode.

The painkillers are less and I'm getting by with less medication.  I made my first walking trip to the chemists on my own this evening, to renew my prescription.  I was tired afterwards and scared of meeting anyone I knew on the way (I didn't).  I'm feeling more normal but I think it's dangerous territory because you still need to take it easy and it's tempting not to.  So I'll get my arse back to the sofa.

Night night.