Recovering From My Prophylactic Bilateral Mastectomy
The pain increased, and I struggled with side effects from pain medication. Once medications were under control, I was able to rest.
The first week after surgery, I was exhausted. I had tubes to drain the fluid from each surgical site, and they needed to be emptied and the drainage measured twice a day. Regardless of my work in the medical field, I couldn’t stomach doing this for myself. My best friend calmly and efficiently stepped in to help every time, as if she had been carrying out this task for years.
My world was foggy, but I was lucid enough to know that I was safe, loved, and becoming stronger every day.
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