Breast reconstruction surgery

My surgery went fabulous and I couldn't ask for a better recovery thus far. I checked in early at the hospital and they got me right back. Bad news was they couldn't use the port for my IV. Good news is they got the IV in my hand the first stick! I waited in Preop for about two hours before they rolled me back to the surgical suite at 10:55 and gave me happy juice. I always enjoy that happy juice, I won't lie! I woke up around 12:50, had some apple juice and crackers, got dressed at 1:30 and was out the door! No complications. Jaelyn, Mom, and Erik all were there with me during the surgery. We also had some other guests, Yolanda and her sister Inez. Mom and Erik spent a week with them when I was in ICU last year in the coma. They unfortunately lost their mom and now like to call my mom "mom" and me "sissy". I don't really know her that well because I was in a coma but Londa always seemed to put a smile on my parents face and was what they needed at the time. She has such a big heart from what I'm gathering as I slowly learn more about her. I got home a little before 3pm and the rest of the night just hung out in my chair being bored. I really don't have much pain but continue taking the medicine as a precaution. I'm only on one ultram and Tylenol so it's not that much to start with. I have one drain on the left breast that hopefully will come out next Tuesday in the office. It's super hard keeping my arms down by my waist. You never know how much you reach for things during the day until you are told that's a no-no. I went to bed around 10 and was up by 11:30 because I was itching. Took two benadryls and am currently waiting for them to kick in and make me sleepy. I'm anxious to hear about stage 2, the nipple reconstruction. Oh yeah, my cancer tumor markers, the CA 125 and CEA are going up and Dr. K thinks it could be because of the tamoxifen. I noticed as a precaution he is running a CA 27.29 which is used to detect metastasis with my next labs in two months, along with a repeat PET scan. Makes me a little nervous I have to admit. Besides the ovarian cysts, I'm not having problems anywhere else except for an occasional headache which I feel is due to caffeine withdrawals. We will see. Better be safe checking that out.