The good and the bad

Hi peeps

I have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. Taking the excellent advice on this website I pretty much started by taking it one day at a time. This does indeed help. 

I thought to share the good and the bad and would love to hear anyone else's should they wish to share.

Today I had both a good and a bad moment. I received 2 letters in the post.

The first was from the hosp confirming my op date (my bad moment) cos my stomach dropped and I had that now familiar feeling of anxiousness take hold for a moment but shook it off cos I know it is needed. 

The good - my 2nd letter - as if... a tax rebate - boom  . Not half put a much needed smile on my face . Reckon a my treat family meal is in order.

Eeee it's the little things ain't it. 

Take care peeps 

Sandra x ️X

 

  • Yeah we have a toilet and shower block near by. Might be worth asking if they do it for the year? We have yearly ones day ones and summer block and winter block. But doing yearly is cheapest and you then have it till you give it up so I have the same one every year which is nice because we all know each other in my block x

  • Hi guys , and the crying continues, I just got a call from the Radiation  oncologist And on the CT scan that they did for the preparation of the radiation They found a lump on my arm pit on the side where I had my Lumpectomy. :(

    OMG!  I’m so scared ,  he doesn’t know if it’s fluids or something else !  So he’s going to ask the insurance for an authorization to do a biopsy  . Omg , When is this going to end come when is this supposed to end . I can’t stop crying,  I guess once you start having cancer it never ends, all my Godcarmen I hope you’re going to get through the weekend, how my going to get through all these days until I know .  I don’t feel the lump but the son of the CT scan, I had a CT scan before the surgery and wouldn’t have come up then? 

    Felling broken down. 

  •  I’m sorry, my AutoCorrect on my phone it’s a disaster . 

  • Omg Liliana when are you going to catch a break! Big hugs coming your way my dear x

    I'm very jealous of these people who have beaches and waterways on their doorsteps....let alone beach huts lol. I don't think the river Thames really counts does it lol....even then it's a good 30 min journey by train or car to get to a nice wharf. Takes us an hour by car to get to our nearest beaches but if we are willing to travel for up to 2 hours we are quite central to Tod most of the South East coast and Anglia so lots of choice.

  • Thank you Cornishpastie, I know , I was getting use to the idea of RT and HT and now this . :(  :( 

    I hope is post operative fluid and not nor C ...  

  • So sorry Liliana. Life just keeps throwing these curved balls at us doesn’t it? After my MRI, biopsy and first op they told me everything was ok..... grade 1 stage 1. So all done I thought when everything was taken away. Two weeks later and I’m told upgraded from 1 to 3. So sorry but you’ll need further radical treatment. Op 2 done now and waiting for histology results. Very worried. Two weeks to wait to see if RT and chemo is needed. You just think it’s sorted and then........ I really know how you’re feeling at the moment. Stay as strong as you can until you know something for definite, and when you can’t, send a message to me. I’ll be around this weekend recovering from op.  Look after yourself.

    Sundial

  • Morning all

    Good

    Had another decent night’s sleep (two fans). I’ve managed to get in the shower properly this morning instead of more of a strip wash...washed my hair too..so feel much better. Actually feel refreshed! Bought some big pants like Bridget Jones .... to fit more confortable over the incisions. And well expanded belly Lol.

    Bad

    Still can’t stand trousers over waist incision. Got a lovely belly button bruise which is sore.

    Hope everyone finds their happy place today both mentally and physically. This heat has surely got to stop soon.

    Sundial

  • Morning ladies

    bug hugs Liliana 

    The good- rain is forecasted for Saturday and Sunday. I love  the heat but a couple of cooler days are needed now.

    The bad- not a lot of sleep to hot and mind on overdrive another day closer to Tuesday though

    have a good day ladies stay cool!! Xx  

  • @Sundial. I’m so sorry that happened. But how ? Was it the pathology report from the op? How can it be to be upgraded from 1 to 3 ?  Then they do the pathology report from what they took out on your surgery? I’ll try to contact you on the weekend ?  Are they taking more out? What are they doing on the second operation ?

     Sometimes it feels like life is not fair to us . 

     

    Hugs  

     

     

  • Surgeon said that grading is only 70% accurate from a biopsy because it’s only a small area. I asked him how from 1 to 3 and the answer was the same. It depends which bit they get. And yes that was from histology after the first op. I then had choices I could either go for for 25 sessions of RT or have the pelvic lymph glands removed and tested which is what i had done last Monday, so waiting on those histology results in two weeks. He told me there is a 20% chance that they will find cancer in the lymph nodes then I will need RT and chemo. If not maybe just a few sessions of internal RT. I decided I’d rather know and have treatment accordingly than them zap everything just in case. Now I’m waiting I’m not so sure. Oh well too late now! Lol

    Sundial.