Uh oh. I popped a suture!

Friday, November 4th, I had to go back to the doctor for an urgent visit. A few days before, my incision got infected. I called the office and they told me that is normal. My body isn't absorbing the stitches on the inside. They advised me to heat pack it and it should suck out the infection and spit out any pieces of stitches that were left in there. That night I did just that and heat packed it. When I woke up that morning I looked at it and the incision was now an open hole the size of a pea. I went to work and gave the office a call to find out what to do.
the doctor said if it is actually open and I could stick a Q-tip or an actual pea in the hole then it needs to be stitched up. The implant could get infected and he would have to remove it and replace it with a new one. He said we have come too far for that to happen. So, I finished up early at work and drove to Missoula.
When I got there he was very surprised that it was in the non radiated breast. He was very glad that I came in. It needed to be cleaned out and stitched up. He gave me a few local shots near the area to numb it. He stitched me up with 5 stitches, added some betadine, and covered it with some guaze. I am instructed to keep it clean and dry and to not soak in the hot tub for 2 weeks. I was also put on an antibiotic just in case.
On the drive home the shots started to wear off and boy was that getting painful.
I am not to wear the strap now for 2 weeks so that the incision can heal. At 12 days Mark can cut out the stitches and I will be good as new again.

As far as my healing process to this point. I can lift about 25 lbs. I cannot put my hands totally above my head yet and I have a hard time reaching up for things. It still feels like the muscles in my chest tighten up super hard. In the morning, when waking, my muscles spasm like crazy. I wonder when all of that will stop. I have woken up a few times in the middle of the night with what feels like a sharp stabbing pain deep through my nipple. It makes me sit straight up in bed. I have gone into the gym but the only thing that I dare do right now is walking on the treadmill. In time my body will tell me when I can move on to the other things. I don't want to force anything and time goes so fast anyway that I will be there soon.

I will write again as more happens.