Recovering

Still very bruised and swollen...the left side is not shaped as round as the right. But I'm happy to have my drains out!!!

Thought this was funny...gummy bear boobs!

Double Mastectomy

After three days of recovery from my skin-sparring bi-lateral mastectomy direct to implant, I am left very sore and bruised. There was a complication with my left breast (the one that DIDN'T have cancer) and my flap" got torn. It left me with stitches on the top of my left nipple and the doctors were concerned that nipple might not survive. As it is, the nipple's main blood supply is internal so with this procedure it has to suddenly switch to getting it's blood to survive from the surrounding skin. And now that it got sliced, the doctors weren't sure it would make it. So, I had to spend some time in the hyperbaric chamber.

They were able to take my port out during the surgery, which is nice because I was expecting that to be a separate procedure. But now I have two more drains.

Drain

Feeling a little sore, and not digging this drain sticking out of my arm pit.