The Reveal
So, after the big bloodbath I went to A&E (The ER for my american friends) and they put a huge pressure dressing over my whole chest which basically functioned as a binder to keep everything protected until today.
I then hobbled up to Manchester to get everything looked at. When I was around 5 minutes away from the hospital my Surgeon called me to make sure I was almost there and that I was okay. As soon as I arrived she bustled in and looked very maternal! She made me feel very safe and looked after. whipped off the dressings and had a good look.
She said that after seeing the photos of how much blood there was she was worried, but that actually things looked really great in person! (huge sigh of relief). She concluded that I have a hematoma, possibly as a result of the amount of scar tissue they had to scrape out, that suddenly decided to start draining manky old blood everywhere. The drainage has now almost totally stopped. My nipples are healthy and pink with excellent blood supply apart from one small patch on the left one where its blood supply was restricted a little due to the hematoma but she’s confident that it will recover just fine.
(more info & pics below the cut)