I have become comfortably numb

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

I'm now 3.5 weeks post surgery.   The scars are healing remarkably well and quickly.       It's hard to believe at times that I went through such a major surgical experience.     Sometimes I want to forget that I went through a major surgical experience but I'm still allowing my body time to recover.

The funny thing about surgery was the lack of pain afterward.   I really felt very little discomfort for the first couple weeks.  The biggest annoyance was the drains under my arms to allow the body fluids to escape and the incisions to accommodate them.   There was the bruising but I don't consider that to be pain per se.  Beyond that, my chest area was covered in light bandaging to protect the incisions and felt like nothing.  Well, there now is nothing there, so I guess that's fitting.    The nothingness feeling is due to the numbness following surgery as the body recovers and the nerve endings start to regenerate.   That will take time, perhaps months.

What does that feel like?    It's like the numbness from dental freezing....only my whole chest.    Really weird considering with breasts that used to be a very sensitive area.  Today I received my little pin prick tattoos for radiation.    I didn't feel a thing.   With that in mind, maybe it's a good time to get a full scale tattoo on my chest. Any suggestions?

Slowly as the numbness fades (is that a line in a song?  If not, it should be) I get the bruising feeling in my lower rib cage.  It feels like I ran into a wall or had a good collision on the soccer pitch.   It's nice to feel something even if it is bruising.   However, as I wait until everything recovers, I have become comfortably numb.