I have a feeling the easy bit is over
I was diagnosed with breast cancer just over a month ago. Since then, I've had an overwhelming whirlwind of medical appointments and 3 lots of breast conserving surgery, over a 19 day period. At my ...
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Hi Rowdy.
Yes, I am very tired of hearing bad news. What I've read so far (and it's not really all that much as yet) in respect of mastectomy and reconstruction has horrified me. I was assured by my surgeon that I'll look very natural once it's all healed but the whole process sounds so horrendous and traumatic. Little things, like not having a nipple or, if I get them to make me a new one, the new one not having any feeling in it was stuff I had never considered. I know I'm silly for worrying about it now, when I still have chemo to get through first but every time I think about losing my breast, I cry. I was so banking on getting a good result from the breast conservation surgery. Just not meant to be, I guess.