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Louise,
Remember the surgeon and anesthesiologist have done this a lot of times and are pros. The results are amazing - it will feel just like your other breast. However that said, it hurts like hell when you wake up. Make sure you understand where the morphine drip is and how it works and hopefully it's stronger than what I had. You certainly won't get addicted to it! You'll wonder if it's working.
Also be sure that you have enough time in hospital to recover and don't overdo it when you get home - you'll need help getting out of bed, etc. and will probably go home with drains still attached to you.
In hospital, they put massaging rubber pants on me to avoid thrombosis and I had to breathe into a tube every hour to avoid getting pneumonia. So make sure to talk to the hospital staff rather than the doctor to know what will happen. The docs avoid talking about anything. You'll be given ice to "eat" for a couple of days, then apple juice or something like that. So be sure you or your husband knows what's going to happen so when you wake up, and that you know what's what --- where's the button to push for painkillers, where's the button to push for a nurse. Friends gave me audio books to listen to and music which was perfect. I couldn't watch TV or a movie but I could listen and enjoy a story.
good luck, remember lots of people have gone through it and the pain ends and you will get your life back.
hugs and love
sarah
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