Mastectomy done

I had a double mastectomy with axilliary clearance on the left and sentinal node biopsy on the right. Had one endone on the first night, mainly to keep the nurse happy, as I only really experienced pain, as opposed to discomfort when moving. Had to return to theatre the next day due to a massive bleed (nine units of blood and five units of plasma), where the whole thing was reopened and bleeders tied off. So back to square one that next day. Had one endone that night again, as I was shocked more than anything else and needed a good sleep. Being in ICU, I knew this was not going to be easy! That was the last of pain meds for me.My biggest problem was getting to and from the loo with all my "spaghetti" Lets see, I had all the wires from the heart monitor (about six I think, all different colours from the sticky things), a big fat tube leading from a special vac dressing attached to a largish box which sucked air from the sealed pressure dressing (another story, an arterial line from my right wrist monitoring my blood pressure, a big mother arising from my right femoral vein with four tubes branching off from it, a urinary catheter, two drains from each side of the chest....and a partridge in a pear tree!!!! Tricky...but seriously...not much pain. I stayed in ICU for eleven days and only had a weep when the arterial line was removed and had two panadol after that. That was ouchie.