Thanks to everyone who wrote here. It was all helpful, both the good and the bad. I had my surgery last Friday and came home today, Wednesday. Coming out of anesthesia, I remember being asked for my number 1 to 10 and I remember I said "8" but I don't actually remember the pain itself. They had given me a nerve block and gave me oxycodone and fentanyl and I stayed in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit overnight. The next day I moved to a regular room and my pain was definitely down from 8 but my nausea was on the way up. The nausea got pretty nasaty but was helped by an anti-nausea med -- I don't remember its name. It was likely the oxy or fentanyl because once they weaned me off those, the nausea started going down. Tuesday they took my drainage tube out. I had felt anxious about that but it took two seconds and was nothing and such a relief not to have that gross box to carry around. I stayed one more night to make sure I was okay. Now I am happy to be home. They think I will do fine alternating between advil and tylenol for pain but gave me some oxy just in case. I am hopeful. Best, Elyse