My BRCA Journey

As I fell asleep this morning,  I got my follow-up call from the surgery center to see how I’m doing. The sweet nurse went through a series of questions and was glad to hear I am no longer on Oxycodone for pain.

Right now I don’t know how to feel. I have moments where I feel completely normal and then I have weird shooting pain, pain under my left Foob that feels like I’m being ripped into, and as of this morning radiating pain below my collarbone to the top of my implant. Only the ripping pain I had my last two surgeries – but they were on my right side.

While being completely transparent – I am in fear of having another blister incident. Last year I had blisters on the bottom half of my left nipple all the way down toward my horizontal incision. My skin was black from bruising. Let me explain – after my breast reduction my nipples were moved (duh) UP and so they aren’t in their original placement. I figured this could cause some issues. So I’m not completely shocked this happened, but it certainly messed with my head.

I am hanging in there. Nights are rough because I cannot sleep. This happens every time I have surgery – it throws me off. I’ll hopefully get on a normal sleep cycle next week.