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donnafischer
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10 years ago

Question on timeline from axillary clearance to beginning chemo and tips to prepare please :)

Hi Lovely Ladies :) I am booked for surgery March 10th (round two) for either a mastectomy completion (from previous local wide excision) or bigger re excision (because most of the margins around m...
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ChrissK
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10 years ago

Donna I had a lumpectomy and 14 lymph nodes removed at the same time with one node positive.... this was on 29/1015 and my 1st chemo started on 4/12/15, for me it took at least 6 weeks recovery.

We are blessed to have such good girlfriends, one tip is paint your fingernails/toenails a very dark colour, this helped me not loosing any of my nails other than that everyone is different but rest and drink lots of water during chemo treatments.