Oh yes. Day 2 after surgery I went for usual 2 mile walk, pumping arms (and paid for it), kept up with all housework - not that much in a 2 people old folks place, and also kept up the minimum and perhaps more of daily yard/garden stuff. I just simply thought that both breast swelling and extreme under arm tenderness would resolve it much, much, much faster. 8 weeks past I still have a slightly enlarged (but no more grotesque) lumpectomy boob, still halfway brownish discolored, and still a very very visible red scar from lymph node removal. I’m happy the boob shrunk, but re. scar - I’ve kept the breast cancer from my kids for now - no need to know - and I see no way to get together with fun pool times. Raising your arm is pretty much a given, and I don’t want the questions, panic, concern for now.