Hiya Alison, how was your trip to the garden centre yesterday? Not too expensive I hope!
I know I didn’t have a second surgery like you all but looking back I definitely think like the dressings were a security thing - at the time I questioned the length of time I had to keep them on but tbh I was happy to keep them on for the 14 days I was asked to.
Did you get a prescription certificate thing sent through? Mine cans with the wrong name, very helpful 
You are normal my lovely, well as normal as the rest of us BBBs are 
Lots of love
C xx