So glad you have 1st step under your belt now. Cross it off nd gear up for the next one lass.... you can do this. 

Yes I am well thank you :-) it’s comping up to 2 yrs in August since I was diagnosed. The hosp team got me through this - they have you safely in their hands too now. 

I am so glad you have connected with wor dizzel... any questions.... she’s more than likely been there done that and..... not just here to tell the tale but gabbing life with both hands running forward and not looking back. 

So.,, look after yourself, deep breaths nd look this in the eye nd stare it down ️ X

Aww thank you - we are all Toughie’s ain’t we - can’t wait till I’m 2 years down the line and can hopefully look back and it’ll all be over - I hope so ️ 

Yous are all so positive and inspirational - thank you xxx

Hi ya ...

Well you amazing lass ... we'll all get that cancer on the ropes ... here's to knocking it out the ring ... you go girl ...  Chrissie

Hi- I had my drain out yesterday and feel soooo much better with it out I think that’s what causes the pain - I still have no feeling at all under my armpit but that should come back soon I think :)

so relieved It’s all done and not half as bad as I thought it would be - you’ll be surprised how quick you recover

xxx

Ahhh thank you - I’m over the moon it’s done - find out my results on the 25th to confirm my treatment plan so that’s the next step - feeling so much more positive now though xx

that’s really good to hear :) glad you are recovering well. How does the implant feel? I think that’s what they want to do for me.. she said it’s the only opportunity to Save skin! I’m not a candidate for reconstruction with my own tissue.. she said I didn’t have enough reserves! 

Hopefully your results come back clear and you don’t have to have any further treatment! Xx

Glad you are feeling better. Dont worry, that feeling in your armpit does come back....mine hasn't fully yet but it's a massive improvement from October. Will you still need chemo if your margins are ok? I think they would still go ahead with radiotherapy just to kill anything precancerous.....my margins were good after surgery but they wanted to be on the safe side. Just keep an eye on any changes like swelling and the area feeling hot. If I left my infection for one more day it could have got in my blood and been life threatening! I left itnfat too long. I'm seeing the surgeon next month to discuss what they're going to do as a more permanent thing. They said about putting tissue in from another part and possibly reducing my good boob....I had implants before cancer so just a case of finding 2 implants that match and put in enough tissue to make them feel more natural. It's amazing what they can do. With clothes on youd never know I had surgery....obviously without clothes I have one nip lol but that's gonna be rectified at some point aswell. Hope you continue to make a good recovery xx

Yeah that’s the same for me - I can’t use skin from my stomach or back but my surgeon had a plastic surgeon who says he could use my thigh or bum at a later stage for a reconstruction if I want to.

i thought I would really hate my implant but to me honest it’s not as bad as I thought it would be and once it settles down I think it will be ok- it’s really weird though as has no feeling at all so even if I touch it with my hand it feels like I’m touching someone else’s skin and weirdly it sometimes feels abit itchy but it’s a phantom itch which is really strange. They used pig skin (I can’t remebrr the word they used but it’s some kind of pig tissue) to hold my implant in place under my skin so that’s abit strange and looks abit lumpy for now but they’ve said that will settle down a lot. Depending on how my treatment plans out I might even keep it which I said I wouldn’t do so just shows how things change. 

Is yours in your ducts? Your case sounds really similar to mine xx

Yeah I’m keeping an eye on it but it’s hard coz we don’t really know what’s normal do we it seems ok though.

yeah I get my results on the 25th but they said due to the size they are 95% sure I will need chemo (still 5% that I won’t though and I’m holding onto that ) deffo need radiotherapy though so just waiting to hear results and go from there.

so will you be keeping your implants regardless? I got one with the thought of replacing with my own tissue but I actually quite like it now but I just wonder if they would give me an implant in the other side to match in the long run or if they would just leave me with my one real one (coz that might look strange as I get older ) I just don’t know what options we have

did you lose your hair with chemo? I know some people don’t and I’m not too fussed either way but I think that will still be a shock regardless of how prepared I feel xx