At first it feels as if there is a burning hot cable with spikes wound very tightly around your chest. Then it is a cable with spikes, but no longer hot, and then a cable or belt without spikes.
On the sides under the arms the stitches pull more and it feels as if the lower ribs are bruised. This is the part that makes being upright uncomfortable, and this is more uncomfortable than the pain across the chest. However all of this is still better than nausea from pain medication! I am a wimp when it comes to nausea.
The fluid retention underneath the arms is very uncomfortable. Sometimes it becomes more, especially when waking up in the morning. Light, passive stretches help alleviate the discomfort. It becomes very annoying, though, over time, even after it subsides a little. There is also the worry that it might develop into a seroma, if you do too much/too little/...(?) There are no clear rules to follow.
Garrison Keillor's writings come to mind referring to Midwestern mentality of "getting a grip."
http://www.garrisonkeillor.com/his-nerves-are-tired-and-he-needs-to-lie-down/
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