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Re: Lobular breast cancer just diagnosed
If you are in pain, keep taking the meds - try not to let the pain 'break thru' by continuing taking them at set times so they overlap - otherwise it takes longer to get it under control .....
I'd definitely mention it to your breast care nurse .... are they able to drop by & check you out?
Make haste slowly re the exercise - you've seen what it 'can do' unfortunately
I am guessing that IT has been the reason for the continued pain at this point in time .... but it would be reassuring to have your BC Nurse check you out, for sure.take care xx
arpie
Re: Creative Corner!
I thought I'd share a couple of poems that I recently wrote amongst a repertoire I am building
First one is I will rise..
I will rise
on wasted frail legs
body beat and defeated
a chanced blind sight
not once but twice
in four cruel years
it slyly burgeoned
the dark night prancer
brash and sinister
inner persistence warily tested
scarred veins etched
from cocktail of chemicals
as pale skin cloaked
my once graceful locks
salt raged fruitless
from cool blackened eyes
the glint was extinguished
I felt paralysed
weighty eight years
implausibly passed
a body worn
and quiet core guarded
greatest lesson
of crucial impact
the fire and fight
had to come from within
no matter the challenge or hollowed depths
I will rise
on flimsy lifeless legs
solitarily breathless
one foot at a time
with a nerve that's consistent
This one is called Optimism
There it was staring out
over the sun kissed frothy
swirls that barreled at the shore
as grain glints glistened
like diamonds underfoot
warm wind stressed
like throbbing arms around
my weak and fragile torso
made such an easing sound
a glimpse eyes seized
for truth that plainly sat
in curdled hands grappling
at my identity
eyes softly bled
a cooled watery salt
of sombre rooted fears
a spirit that it broke
windswept I tried
to catch my heaving breath
unsteady legs dipped
in quick sand slowly etched
jolted I am caught
from the spray before I’m swept
there it was staring out
over sun kissed frothy swirls
as optimism burned
through old awakened pores.
Much love and hugs to everyone! xoxo
Re: New Diagnosis - Navigating
My mapping process took a couple of hours. It wasn't horrid, in between I sat and relaxed. It's like going in a CD scan, just a longer process, it really depends on how fast your lymph node drains after the injection. The lovely radiologist explained everything along the way so nothing was a surprise.
My mapping was done in the morning then I had my op in the afternoon.
SuzyS
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