22 days later

3 weeks after surgery and I'm feeling fairly normal. I still feel lots of tension in my chest, tightness and pulling when I move my arms, but it's tolerable. My skin, however, hurts. Skin that used to be protected behind bra wires is now exposed to chaffing cotton. Ouch! I hope that goes away soon. And the itching! I want to scratch, please let me scratch. The problem is, I can't feel that skin, so scratching does nothing. Well, there are worse things to go through...like chemo. Yes, I'm scared, what gave it away? I can only hope it wont be as bad as I'm fearing. I found the surgery to be doable, maybe chemo won't kick my arse so much.