Rough Day

This week has been good on most accounts...I had an appointment with the breast surgeon on Tuesday and he says everything looks great & I don't need to go back to him for 4 months. Great news! On Wednesday I had an appointment with the plastic surgeon & he took the 2 remaining drains out, which was a huge relief, then he filled up my expanders with 120 cc each...I don't know exactly how much that equates to, let me just tell you it's very noticeable, and very very very tight and sometimes painful. They honestly feel like boulders in my chest cavity. No softness, no movement, just tight, expanding boulders...tmi? Well, you can always expect a little of that from me, right?
I was obviously in some pain yesterday from the visit, and after my wonderfully helpful mother-in-law carted me around to my appointments and on my job errands, I went home and got some much needed rest. I woke up this morning in extreme pain. I thought it was just the tissue expanders, and went back to sleep on the couch (my new home) after my mother-in-law left to go back to Tennessee. Long story short, my Dad, thankfully still ok with doing my job until I can, came by and got my "to do list" for the day and took care of some things while I slept the entire day away.
I was not expecting to be in this much pain, and when the hubby got home with the little one I was in agony! My chest hurt, left side where the Dr. removed the drain line was killing me, I had a toothache, headache, and my back hurt from laying on the couch all day. To top it all off, I was given the ok by the Dr. yesterday to finally take a shower today (um, yeah I've been having sponge baths for TWO WEEKS) and I felt too bad to even shower. So, after having a pity party for myself and getting mad about life, I called my Mom to help me!
She & my Dad came over so she could look at the area where my drain was removed and see if there was an obvious reason why it was hurting me, but all she could find was a small piece of knot from one of the stitches. Hopefully that was all it was, and the horrible pain won't come back. I can't take too many more days like this, and I need that shower!!!
Anyway, I know I'll have lots of good days and then a few bad ones here and there, so I'm ok with it, I just hope tomorrow is a little easier!
Some excellent news I don't think I've shared is that the Genetic testing results came back & I'm gene negative for breast cancer!!! Yay for ovaries :) Obviously I'm estatic that I don't have to have my ovaries removed, but most of all I'm so happy for what that means for the little one & maybe any future other child(ren) we'll have!
Also, Dr. Timbert says that since my left arm seems to be taking very well to having the lymph nodes removed I won't have to have Physical Therapy unless I start swelling and/or having issues on that side. I'm SO thankful for that since I'm left-handed and from what I hear I could be having tremendous problems with movement, and especially writing and use of that hand in general. God is good, all the time, and I am SO thankful He's in my corner!!!!!

"Even when we are too weak to have any faith left, He remains faithful to us and will help us, for He cannot disown us who are part of Himself, and he will ALWAYS carry out His promises to us" 2 Timothy 2:13