I’m feeling a little pitiful

Cry if you need to; there are times when you have to fake being strong, and times when you should let those close to you know that you are not o.k. at the moment - you will be, but not right now.  Rest, and sleep.  Best wishes for your recovery.

Yes, cry if you need (perhaps in the shower, if you’re allowed?) 

you’ve only just been through surgery and a general anaesthetic can take up to 3 weeks to totally leave your system. The anaesthetist had probably used some steroid in the mix and when that leaves it really does throw you a ‘downer’ and that’s usually in a day or so post op.

your jaw will settle, they possibly pushed you around a bit to access nodes (and yes, I had separate ops, firstly a SNB and then some were also removed in my mx a few weeks later and they didn’t reopen the scar under my arm) 

Be kind to yourself, rest up and recover but do those prescribed exercises! 

hugs xxx

Sorry to hear you are feeling rough. The jaw is probably from being intubated during the surgery. Just keep taking pain relief until you feel better. I had my tumour and 4 lymph nodes removed from a single incision round the outside of my breast, just inside where a bra wire would sit. They tunnelled in both directions from there and I was grateful not to have a wound in my armpit as people say they can be painful. 

Hi Dawn70, lovely responses already but thought I’d pop in too. Like you I had only one (very long) incision, in my case down the side of my breast. Much longer than I’d expected but the surgeon did say he’d get the lump and the sentinel nodes from one incision. It ends just below my armpit. Like moomy says, there’s often a bit of a ‘high’ just after the op but once the drugs wear off you can have a bit of a crash. And I definitely felt ‘far away’ for a few days. 
Hope you can have a cry as that really can help as a release of all the emotions. You’ve had a major op and a cancer diagnosis is a big shock. Sending love and a big virtual hug your way, HFxx