Yippee! I woke this morning to a clear head.  The anesthesia and medication fogginess is no where to be found.  I might even be able to string more than one sentence together!  I would make such a bad druggie -  the floating foggy feeling really doesn't work for me.

Elsewhere on  a physical front I'm healing nicely.  My biggest complaint is that I need to sleep elevated on my back to minimize swelling.  As a curled up side sleeper this doesn't work so well.  But, let's be real, three days after surgery and that is my biggest complaint?  Things are going real well. 

The permanent implants are so much more comfortable than the tissue expanders.  They look, feel and move like real tissue.  Pretty amazing science.  Dr. McIronman did a great job.  He removed alot of scar tissue that had accumulated.  He also listened to me about size.  I didn't want to be too large.  I didn't undertake this surgery so I could be enhanced, I did it to remove the risk of a second primary breast cancer.  A few friends of mine have complained that their docs made them too large.  So, I was firm......go on the small side. 

For the swap surgery the doc has available about 3 different size implants.  They open you up, remove the tissue expander under the muscle, and then figure out which implant fits the best in the cavity created by the expander.  They sit you up on the table.  The plastic surgeon makes a judgment call on what he thinks looks good.  (Which is why I think many women end up being larger than they want   So, I was firm, I don't need to look like I've been enhanced....I was ok with my size beforehand.  And, these things don't age or sag....I don't want to look like a freak when I'm older.