Thank you so much for this kind and reassuring reply! Maybe it won’t be so bad, going through this. It sounds like they won’t be prescribing me any pain meds though because my plastics surgeon said Tylenol should be enough once the three to four days of numbness wear off from the nerve block. That makes me very nervous, but if it gets too bad I will call and ask for pain meds.

I have a mesh bag thing I got to hold the drains in when I shower, and hopefully I can get it figured out, how to shower safely.

I am glad I have a comfortable recliner to sleep in. I figure it will take about three weeks for me too before I can try to sleep in a bed.

I’m not sure how long I will have the drains in. I have one post op appointment ten days after surgery and one fourteen days after surgery, and I am guessing during one of those appointments I will have the drains removed.

Thank you again so much and I wish you a happy and long cancer-free life!

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