It has been a week post-operation, and I'm feeling and breathing way easier than I did on the day I got discharged. But the pain is still there, about 30% or so.

Strangely, the entire section of my right ribcage feels numb. Not completely numb, but there is an obvious decrease in sensation in that region. I cannot wait to see my surgeon/specialist for my follow-up, for this is worrying me quite a fair bit. =(

Staying at home the past week has been a bore, and I still have 1.5 weeks to go before I can get back into action at work. I cannot go anywhere, because I cannot wear a bra as the bra band sits exactly over my wound where the chest tube was inserted.

I feel like a prisoner of my own wounds. ACKS!