Pages Sunday, 11 March 2012 Surgery Update Surgery is complete and I am home. I have spent this past week just generally being still. Moving hurts. It really hurts. And if I lie down, then I am probably not going be able to get back up again. Deep breaths are painful. And whatever you do, do not make me laugh - that really hurts! I have also been wishing that I used the last 8 weeks to work on my core - instead of training for a half marathon - because damn I could really use the extra muscles right now! Monday was rough. And it was rough in ways I never expected. I was surprisingly calm when Dday actually arrived. Jamie and I were at the pre-surgicial admission clinic before 6 am and I was in my sexy blue gown in no time at all. Things moved quickly after that, because I was the first surgery of the day. My tears started when I had to say good-bye to my husband, and I was forced to accept what I was about to do. That feeling admittedly didn't last very long though, because within minutes I was in the OR and the drugs were flowing. I woke up 4 hrs later in a complete haze with no boobs, no nipples, a new ICD, and a set of shiny new implants. I was sore and that afternoon was a hazy blur. People were in and out of my room regularly poking