6 days post-op

6 days post op! I’m sure some of you have seen my previous updates so I figured I’d keep it going. Today is day 6 and I’ve been feeling overall better by the day, but healing is definitely not linear. Sticking to a strict medication regimen and stretching my neck as much as I can has been very helpful. The pain now is more of a nuisance than anything. I sleep for a few hours at a time throughout the day because it is still hard to get comfortable and I wake up to take my meds on time. Eating is still annoying due to not being able to open my mouth very wide which I didn’t expect to be an issue. But again, overall I’m feeling much better! The first picture is my incision as of today (the pink, splotchy parts is actually a birthmark). And the second picture is me with my first wig! Upon discharge, I had so much matted blood in my hair and it was always in my way because it was too short to put up, so I full sent the big chop!