Hi. I had my first mammogram early Sept and they discovered I had a small tumour. Oct 11th I am having a lumpectomy followed by radiotherapy and possibly chemo. Would be nice to chat to others going through the same. X
Hi there. ... welcome on here .. it's a grate place to now your not on your own ... I'm 9weeks post mastectomy, and I found the wait befor hand was the hardest part ... and was so worried and anxious that when the day came .. I just thought o.k lump your out today ... and found it wasn't half as bad as I'd imagined ... hope you've got some close family / friends to walk this journey with you ... this was the first time I'd let any one in as was always thinking I could do things in life without worrying others ... but I'm so glad I did ... one or other held my hand on appointments and tests .. and my son was there waiting on op day .... and his was the first face I saw after .. my daughter in law keeps our feet on the floor ..saying one day at a time and we'll deal with things as they pop up ... together...
so im sending you lots of hugs and anytime you feel you want a chat there's always someone here who will know how you feel ... and we do go through every emotion there is ... and at least we realise it's normal whatever it is ... regards Chrisie Xx
just stopping by to say hello. I am a little ahead of you too in our journey. I had my lumpectomy +node removal 9 days ago.
Chis is spot on what she has said- the op was no where near as big a thing as I had made it in my mind. Day case - 5 of us in same room all having same procedure for the same thing(sadly a lot of it about). No beds just chairs( big nd comfy though) walked down to our ops ride back t room and back in chair. Tea toast, bp and temp. Just over 1 hr after that allowed Home - don’t get me wrong was there a full day but most of it was sitting around cos my op was in the afternoon nd had t b there at 7:30am
Very little pain ( just needed paracetamol but stopped taking that on day 2 as more tender than in pain)
took my dressings off myself (as advised by dnurse) on day 7 was worried but took my time nd was fine .
I’m at hosp on Monday for post op check and path results.
So that is the practicalities of my road so far. Emotionally- On diagnoses I cried when I told my family. Then took the advice of others on here a stopped thinking too much ahead so dealt and lived with the here’s and now ( much easier t manage) for me anyway.
Hope this helps a little- you are not the only one going through this - we are here for you
Agree with Sandra, break it down into steps. Op first then rest of treatment after that when you've healed physically. The op isn't a problem, worst part is the hanging around in the hospital. Day surgery for lumpectomy seems to be the norm and the op is just one day.
Do the exercises you will be given and drink plenty of water. Recovery will come, rest when you need to and let the housework go to pot unless some one offers to do it. A bit of dust won't matter for a few days. I started trying to get back to my normal routine fairly quickly, I walk everywhere mostly, so on day two I walked into town, sat in a cafe for half and hour with a cuppa and yes, a glass of water, and then got a taxi home.
Good luck, your head is going to be running all kinds of scenarios until the op but it's not as bad as your head probably thinks it is.
