Vikki is keeping a web diary of her operation and hospital stay for BBC News Online.

Friday:: Thoughts of home :: 0900 GMT

I don't know how long they are going to keep me in for.

They did say that I would be able to go home on Friday, but now they think it might be next Tuesday or Wednesday, which is fine by me.

I am enjoying the rest and watching day time television!

The dent in my breast has gone down, which is good and one of my friends came to have a look at my boobs and she said that they looked quite normal.

I am feeling a bit better now. I didn't eat much yesterday, but I am hoping to make up for it today, even though I do have some ulcers in my mouth.

I don't really want the children climbing all over me, although I am looking forward to seeing them soon. Milly has been in, but Tate is only two-and-a-half so I don't think I will be seeing him until I go home.

I want him to know that when I see him, I'm back for good.

Thursday:: Feeling down :: 0900 GMT

I finally got a good night's sleep - thanks to the temazepam. I slept in the same position last night though and I was a bit sore. I was in a lot of pain.

I was a bit upset when I got up this morning about my boobs and I the surgeon came to reassure me that they would be alright when I was wearing a bra - so I'll have to start wearing one.

I have been feeling a bit sorry for myself. I had been thinking I was doing better than I was and I think the emotion of the whole thing is just starting to hit me.

I've had a bit of a cry and I am not doing so well today. I haven't felt up to visitors, but I have had some more morphine and hopefully will feel better soon.

Wednesday:: Doctors pleased :: 1500 GMT

I am really looking forward to having a bath. I have a friend coming in to do my hair and then I am going to do my make-up which will make me feel a bit better.

I am starting to feel really sore and my boobs feel as if I have been in a car crash. It is like the seatbelt has been stretched and pulled across them.

I am glad the operation is all over, but I really need to sleep. I am going to make the most of being able to rest. The doctors say they are pleased with my progress and I really want to go home at the weekend.

Wednesday:: Weird shape :: 0900 GMT

I had a smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel this morning that my friend brought in.

I have had another look at my boobs and they are still looking misshapen and horrible.

The doctor said they will not look like normal though for a couple of months.

I had asked for some underwear vouchers for my birthday the other week, so that when I knew the size and shape my boobs were going to be I could choose some new bras.

But looking at them now I don't think they are going to be the right size for any bra.

They have not settled down yet, but the doctor says they will.

Wednesday:: Early morning :: 0400 GMT

They have taken my drips out so I am able to get up for the first time.

I can move around, which is good. I am hoping to go home at the weekend and they said the sooner I got up and around the more likely I would be able to get home quickly.

I haven't had much sleep though because the hospital is really noisy so I am being woken up about every half an hour and I am really getting a bit tired.

Tuesday:: Out of it :: evening

I feel really out of it. I am on morphine and that is keeping me from feeling pain. I can't really remember anything that has happened. I am just out of it.

Tuesday:: Not bad looking :: 1545GMT

I have just taken a peep at my new breasts and they look fine.

I was pleasantly surprised when I saw them. Haven't got any bandages except where the scars are, but there does seem to be a dent in left breast so I am waiting for the consultant to come up and explain to me what that is all about.

But I do feel surprisingly fine, although I still have my morphine. I am managing to eat a sandwich, which is good, but I still feel a bit rough.

Tuesday:: Back, but sore :: 1500GMT

I have just come back from the theatre and I feel totally out of it. I have got four drains into my chest - lovely.

I have a nice little morphine pump and I don't feel any pain. I was about six hours in theatre and that was much longer than I expected.

Nobody has told me why it took so long, but I expect they will tell me soon. My family were surprised I was so long.

I was worried about the anaesthetic and they didn't give me a pre-med to calm me down. But the anaesthetist was lovely.

He made some jokes with me and he told me to imagine that I was somewhere nice. I told him that I would imagine that I was in Ibiza.

I'm about to look at them - I'll let you know what I think.

Tuesday:: Ready to go :: 0810GMT

They are wheeling me down in about 10 minutes for my operation and I do feel surprisingly calm.

They haven't given me my pre-med though and I am totally conscious. I've just had a last look at my breasts, but I still don't feel worried about what I'm about to do.

They have told me that the operation is going to be about two and a half hours.

Time to go now - the trolley has just turned up to wheel me downstairs. See you later on.

Monday:: St Thomas' Hospital :: 2200GMT

I have arrived at the hospital and I feel surprisingly calm.

I am a bit nervous about the anaesthetic and about my stay in the hospital because I worry about picking up an infection. But I just want it over with. I am fine.

I did want someone to film me coming out of the anaesthetic though so that I knew what I looked like when I did because I am curious about that.

I got a friend to photograph my breasts before the operation and am going to get her to do it after I have had reconstructive surgery as well.

I am going to sleep on my front tonight though to make the most of my still having my breasts.