I thought I would write a post today as it is my four week post-surgery anniversary. I don't have much time, so it will be brief. I think it's been about 5 days since I've taken any tylenol for any pain associated with my chest. Sleeping, shower, and fuctioning throughout the day have all become 100% easier in the last week. I don't think I've fully recovered, but would estimate I'm about 95% of the way there. I am super stressed with my thesis (due in 9 days), but was just offered a job in Oregon, which helps with some of the stress. In the next month I will be graduating and moving-I would expect those things to take a physical toll even without recently having surgery, so we'll see how it goes. Most of the scabs have come off my incisions and grafts, which is nice. I'm still wearing the dressings over the grafts due to the remaining scabs. There is still swelling around the incisions, but I anticipate that will be the case for the next few months. The best thing is that I don't feel as though my pain is prohibiting me from doing normal daily activities anymore.