There's only a little soreness at the incision and a dull pain in what seems my chest bone (top and bottom), my back soreness is less noticeable. The sides of my chest seem much more sore than before but it may be that I didn't notice it until the incision site pain subsided a bit. My chest muscles feel like I lifted weights yesterday. The incision, itself, seems to be healing fine -- no drainage or heat from the area.
BP 128/71 Pulse 94
Weight 215.2 lbs
Taking pain medications:
Hydrocodone/APAP 5mg/325mg 1.5 tabs every 4 hrs (1 tab / 4hrs was ineffective)
Ibuprophen 200mg every 4-6 hrs
I worked my arms today with a 2.5 lb medicine ball. Just lifting curl, french curl, and arm out to the side. Felt good to do something with my arms. I don't want to do too much or I may damage the healing of my breast bone.
I was in danger of running out of pain meds today, completely my own fault, but a PA from Dr. Oswalt's office called in a prescription for me (on a Sunday). I know I would not have been able to sleep tonight without it. The pain would have kept me awake all night.
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