Keeping you "a breast" on the situation

It's been a week and a half since C had her lumpectomy and it's been a tough recovery.  I'm baffled that my c-section scar is as long as her lumpectomy incision!!  Ummm, an almost 8lb baby came out of that sized incision, but a smaller than 2" fibroid took the same sized incision....doesn't seem right. 

The good news is that the biopsy results were completely negative.  The recovery time was much longer than anticipated and I was getting a bit worried. (recap from previous blog) The Monday of the procedure, C was probably still pretty doped up and amped up from andrenalen, so the pain was minimal.  Tuesday - was completely miserable for her.  Lots of pain meds and OTC pain relievers.  On Wed, she slept almost the whole day and starting that night it started to snow.  I didn't want her to even attempt going in to work for fear that she'd have to jerk the wheel of her car and causing her unnecessary trouble.  We woke to several inches of snow on the ground, schools closed, but C insisted on going into the office across town.  Off she went and less than an hour later she said that she was on her way back b/c the office was closed (no one had informed her of that information prior).  She did run into a sticky spot on the road and had to correct her car - thus jerking the wheel and causing severe pain.  She laid on the couch for the rest of the day.  Friday, she stayed home.   All weekend she laid on the couch or in bed taking her meds and being in severe pain.  I was getting worried at this point.  It had been almost a week and she was still needing to take Vicodin every 4-6 hours.  Plus, taking Ibuprophine in between.  I asked her to call the dr. on Monday if she was still in such pain. 

Off she went to work on Monday, but didn't last the entire day.  She made it to about 2pm and was told by her boss and coworkers that she looked like crap and to go home.  She did.  Her pain was lessening (only needing a V at night), but she was still tired.  Yesterday, she made it through an entire day and felt pretty ok. 

I don't think either one of us were expecting her recovery to last a week - especially when the Dr. says that most people go back to work in a day or two.  I felt so bad that she was hurting and there wasn't much I could do.  I entertained the kids, made meals and made sure she was covered with the new heating blanket.  That's about all I could do....THAT's a miserable feeling.  Hopefully, in the next week or so all the pain goes away and it's just a memory.