Yay! I'm back to peeing like a woman! My dad's fiance Lee, who has been a wonderful caregiver to me over the past several days, removed my catheter yesterday morning. I'll spare you the details, but now I know why men dribble on the seat. Then, after lunch, we went back to the the plastic surgeon's office, where the nurse removed the pain pump tube that was in my stomach. The pump had been slowly releasing a numbing agent over the days since my surgery, though it didn't completely eliminate the pain. Still, it's one less contraption to carry around everywhere (the actual pump was in a fanny pack). While we were in the office the nurse examined my chest, and reassured us that the swelling around my expanders was normal and that everything was looking good.
Besides getting rid of some of my tubes, the highlight of the day was that I finally took a real shower, the first one I've had in six days! I had been feeling pretty gross, and even though everyone assured me I didn't smell, they were probably just being nice...
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