Feel like my head is spinning

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  • Brenda5
    Brenda5 Member Posts: 2,423
    I know I sort of thought the doctors were having me on when I was first diagnosed. I thought yer right you are all just drumming up business but really you cant afford to ignore it once they find it. Just go through the motions of having the surgery and attending all your appointments and tests and see how it goes. No one knows properly until the pathology results are in which can take a couple of weeks after surgery. Hopefully yours is like mine and is just a one off fluke we got it in the first place.
  • Mima
    Mima Member Posts: 38
    So what treatment did you have to have and how long ago @Brenda5
  • tessytink
    tessytink Member Posts: 15
    Hi there feeling scared what to do my doctor suggested Diepfree flap has anyone has done this could you plz give me some information about it not sure what to do thx
  • melclarity
    melclarity Member Posts: 3,502
    Tessy join the breast reconstruction group. Theres a wealth of information plus ladies who have had it done and there are photo stories too. It helped me alot! I know  now exactly what it looks like and end result which was very helpful. The plastic surgeon also was the best at showing exactly the surgery and result.  Amazing what they can do. Hugs Melinda xo 
  • tessytink
    tessytink Member Posts: 15
    Thx I just feel very emoitional and scared 
  • Brenda5
    Brenda5 Member Posts: 2,423
    edited January 2017
    I had a single mastectomy (my choice) in Nov 2015. Three weeks later I was back in hospital having all my underarm lymph nodes removed as the sentinel node had tested positive. Fortunately it was only in the sentinel node and not the others. My cancer was 2.5cm and looked like a black goldfish with googly eyes lol. It was ER+ and weak PR+ so I had 4 x 3weekly doses of chemo. I didn't have to have radiology as the breast was totally gone and the specialist didn't see the need for it. Side effect of having no lymph nodes in the arm is lymphedema which is a swelling that comes and goes but its manageable with a sleeve and gauntlet when needed. I am on Tamoxifen for at least 2yrs. I am 54 years old.
  • melclarity
    melclarity Member Posts: 3,502
    Oh Tessy so very understandable. Pm if you want to chat,  more than happy to talk. Xx