Excited and Scared - Belleville, IL

I know I disappeared. Sorry about that. It's been about two and a half months since my surgery. After those hiccups with the irritation and the opening wound things steadily got better and better. She had me use burn cream and that helped a lot.
I've been back at work since February 26. My breasts hurt a little when I started. But they're doing fine now.
I've started running for the first time in my life. I'm training for a 5k. They feeling of being able to run with out my breasts, shoulders, neck, and back hurting is amazing. I've also started strength training again. This has proven much easier too.
My incisions are almost completely closed. I have a couple really small scabs here and there. But that's it. They do occasional itch like mad. But it's not often. Maybe once or twice a day.
I've been using bio oil which will hopefully take care of the scarring. I scare really easy. I still have the one from my knee surgery 12 years ago.
So far absolutely no regrets! My life has changed in so many positive ways. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Sorry to not have posted in so long. I've been battling a strong case of depression and cabin fever. The incisions started draining really heavily under the tape and it wasn't a very pleasant smell issuing from it. So I scheduled an earlier follow up with the doc. The tape was trapping the fluid and keeping the incisions from drying. The incisions were very irritated and close to infection. When she removed the tape, it smelled like raw chicken gone bad. It was fairly awful. Because of this, she extended my leave another week.
I was treating the incisions with aloe and Neosporin and most of the irritation went away. But the incisions split where they meet on my right breast. So there is an open wound about the size of a silver dollar since last Friday (as in a little over a week now). The doc says that's common. I keep putting gauze and Neosporin on it. But when the wound scabs up even the best gauze sticks to it and pulls the scab off.
This morning it started bleeding heavily because of this and touching it to stop the bleeding and apply Neosporin gives my this sick shaky feeling. And it's not from getting grossed out. The doc gave me a prescription for a burn cream if the Neosporin doesn't work. I'm getting it filled today.
Lesson to learn- if your tape stays on longer than a couple days, keep hassling your doctor until they take it off for you. I called a few days after it was applied, but I didn't follow up after until it was gross.

Well, the tape hasn't fallen off yet. So I can't put anything on the incisions to make them stop itching. They mostly itch at night. I woke myself up pa couple times by reaching my own hands up my shirt to scratch. Ha! Fortunately I woke up before I could do any scratching.

I've gone to the gym the past couple of days and used the seated back at a nice gentle pace. I just read my book and spin my legs for an hour. Thinking about going for a walk today too if it finally warns up enough.

Pain hasn't been bad. My nips just get pissed off if they brush against anything like a loose bra or shirt. And my breasts feel a bit stiff. But they look better. Fewer colors of the rainbow. And no more swelling. Which means I can eat cheese again. (Dairy causes inflammation).