I want to prepare you for what is to come. Please don't be a naive ninny like me, thinking 'oh they'll just operate, remove it, move onto radiotherapy, all clear.' What they will do is remove the tumour and a fair bit of tissue around it, to make sure they remove all the cancer. They may also remove a couple of lymph nodes and check them to make sure it hasn't moved there.
After this first operation, you may very well get your all clear, which I sincerely hope you do. Or you might get a call like mine, saying 'erm yeah, we found cancer on the edges of the extra tissue, so we need to go back in and take some more. Oh and those lymph nodes we removed, yeah, they both tested positive for cancer. Gonna need to whip 'em all out okay?'
Please don't anybody shout me down for scare mongering etc, I honestly was so naive and I wasn't prepared for that first results call.
Anyway, hugs honey and hope your treatment plan has been sorted
Love that you said that x as I'm the same I'd like to know as much as I can I'm not an iddiot and I love that you sent this xx yer I know but I'm glad you said it as I also got a wake-up message from a lovely lady after I had said I wanted a double mastectomy..she said I wouldn't be able to wipe my own *** ....lol I hadn't thought of that .
So I'm just taking each step step by step not thinking to far forward x how are you doing ? What treatment are you on at mo poppet I'm just waiting for my CT and MRI had bloods done and have to wait till the 14+16 of may as has to be day 10 of my cycle xx
Also I look at the op like cutting mold out of an orange you take as much as you can but some could still be left so more needs cutting out ..I like putting pictures line that in my head it helps me xxx
Ha ha, yeah, I'm brutally honest and tell it like it is!!! I will say if you end up with a drain, TAKE THE DRUGS, or you will not sleep! I had to wipe with my left hand while the drain was in, because it was so painful!!! Had it removed yesterday and pain is almost gone. Having my dressings removed by the hospital at home team on Sunday. Yeah, I'm now waiting for a CT scan, and the results will dictate my chemo cocktail. 4-5 months of that to go, followed by radio 2 therapy as my son calls it!
I went to hospital with a device to help me to wipe, as I thought that this might be difficult with a drain in both sides and a double mastectomy. I never needed the device and was able to keep clean from day one. As you have probably seen above Sarah has kindly spoken to the technical experts and, I am still waiting for access to Private Messaging, so haven't forgotten about you.
I went to hospital with a device to help me to wipe, as I thought that this might be difficult with a drain in both sides and a double mastectomy. I never needed the device and was able to keep clean from day one. As you have probably seen above Sarah has kindly spoken to the technical experts and, I am still waiting for access to Private Messaging, so haven't forgotten about you.
