Okay, it's official. I've decided that recovering from TORS was a lot easier than recovering from the ND. TORS was 2 weeks of recovery, and only like 5-6 of those days was the pain really bad. I could always get comfortable in bed, and sleep the day away. Not so with the ND. I'm still having trouble sleeping. I can get to bed with half a dose of Benadryl, but I hate having to take anything at all.

My ears are the worst. They are super sensitive, especially the insides, and I'm strangely producing more ear wax than normal, so I have to go through the painful process of swabbing them. This also means I'm still unable to lie on my side to sleep, which is what I really prefer to do. Am I better than I was last week? Absolutely. Am I better day by day? Meh. My neck and shoulder mobility are very good though, so thank goodness for that.

Also, in regards to the incision being all puffy, well it turns out that they do that on purpose. The reason is that if they close it flat, the scar will cause it to indent. So they want it to start puffy.

I've also been applying skin colored silicon strips (Scaraway) to the scars. He says this should help reduce the hyper-pigmentation that I'm prone to (Asian skin). It also helps me feel a little less self conscious when I go out.

I'm starting to massage the scars too, though when he showed me today, he did it with a lot more pressure than I was doing.