My birthday today & Mastectomy tomorrow

Excellent!!!

yeah, i had some chunky stuff come through it yesterday, but that seems to have cleared now

Ooooh bugger!! Yeah I kept taking panadol every 6 hrs until drain was gone. The fact that your fluid is changing colour is excellent - just keep an eye on the drain to make sure it doesn't get blocked cause that can increase the pain levels too. Xx

@socoda - i have that, but i need to move it regularly as i'm allergic to most adhesives. It's still tender though. 

Hey @MKitty68, get some micropore tape from the chemist and use it to tape your drain to you so it doesn't swing - makes a huge difference to the pain. I had my drain for 8 weeks and needed to stop it from hurting. Xx Cath

Oh we hear ya. I can remember being in tears as just wanted to sleep a full night through. It will get better. You will heal. But you're allowed to feel sorry for you. Darn it ....you had cancer and horrid surgery...but you are healing now...but it takes time. Little steps. I promise you...a few months time it will be but a memory...the scars won't but the pain, the darn drains etc memory will.  Kath x

Thanks everyone. 
I came home on Thursday morning, i have been sleeping a fair bit & still on endone. The hospital gave me Targin and Endone along with panadol osteo for pain. 
Drain is still in, so far the fluid is still around the 200ml mark - although tonight it's only up to 95ml & has started to become more yellowish instead of the pinkish-red. 

sorry ladies, but I need to have a bit of a whinge... just because.. & i'm feeling emotional. 
i am at the stage that i'm sick of having this damned thing attached to me, i'm sick of the sore arm & sore spot where the drain goes in. I sick of being tired most of the time! I'm sick of not being able to drive my own damn car! sick of hot flushes, Sick of not being able to do everything for myself! gahhhh! I hate feeling so damned helpless!!! 
I rang my super fund & no, i don't have any income protection insurance, i rang my car loan mob & apparently none there either - i had to hold back from ripping into the people on the other side of the line... i know it's not their fault, so i held back.. life can just be so unfair at times! 

My nipple was itchy today - even though it's numb it felt itchy... phantom sensations i am assuming, from what i read it's not unusual and not a problem. There's not sign of infection, etc so all okay. 

Sunday was a better day, my boyfriend got here early-ish, i dragged him to bed & he most definitely made me feel better about all of this, and made me feel still desirable. He is wonderful & i am so lucky to have met such a wonderful man. 

Hope you had a pain free night @MKitty68. I won't say restful as that's pretty much impossible with all the overnight checks! You'll feel better once you have showered and moved a bit too.  So important to do your your exercise, the physio will probably pay you a visit today. Keep in touch, hope you continue to recover well. Sending a hug, Jane xx

@MKitty68 glad you're out the other side and sounds like doing so well. Xx 

@LMK74 the soup I had was really tasty, I didn't even look at the chicken though. 
Ill keep it in mind though 
@mum2jj thank you