I am on day 4 post op and over the last few days I've accidentally raised my arms over my head twice (stretching right when I wake up). On day 2 post op, I accidentally pushed off to get out of bed with my left arm, which is another thing that my PS told me not to do. When I stretched I got shooting pain on my left breast. "Pushing off" didn't hurt though. It doesn't look like the incision opened, but I'm very nervous I displaced the implant or did something to mess up my results.
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