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Day Two Post-Surgery

Have you ever noticed how you really cannot get any rest in the hospital? I swear someone was in my room every hour poking, prodding, check my bandages it was insane. So I survived the surgery and the first day post-surgery but I had always known the second day after surgery is always the worst for pain. So my plastic surgeon wants me to get up and walk today. I am really not looking forward to this. SO I get woken up early with the shift change and then about 8 they bring in some breakfast, by this time it … Continue reading →

Day One Post Surgery

The day of my surgery was a total blur to me, when I woke up the first thing I did was check to make sure the doctors gave me my new “girls”. I knew that was the plan but I worried that when the surgery got going they would have found more cancer and therefor they would not be able to do the reconstruction. I was very relieved when I felt these two bandaged bumps. Now I could not sit up because they did cut my abdomen from hip to hip but from where I was looking I looked more … Continue reading →