Strange Anatomy

Nerves are funny.

So, my scar on my chest is healing pretty well, but sometimes it feels tight. So when it tightens up (doesn't restrict my arm movement, just feels tight across the chest) I try massaging it.

Now, that's a weird feeling.

Many nerves were cut and destroyed as part of the surgery. I have numb spots on my chest, in my armpit, and even bits of my back on the left side. So I expected it to be mostly numb, but thought I could ease the muscle tension. It's weirder than that, though. When I rub my chest over the scar, my hand can tell I'm on a flat chest. My skin, however, reports that I'm rubbing skin a fair distance from the chest wall and at an angle.

I wonder how long it will take to adjust to this. By which I mean the skin adjusting to report I'm rubbing my chest rather than the top of my breast. It's not bothersome, just odd.