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Very difficult to listen the Podcast
Hi all, so I started listening to Charlotte's podcast. I just started the Episode 2. While this podcast is fantastic, I find it extremely hard to listen and my emotions just overcome me. I would lo...
Hello, I had double mastectomy and immediate reconstruction 6 months ago. I’m not ok most days… I talk to a psychologist every 4 weeks…. it’s hard to talk to friends about it because firstly they don’t think DCIS is cancer and then they think how lucky I am to get a breast lift, a boob job, a tummy tuck - all words that I find really upsetting and not funny….. I can’t watch shows where someone is sick, I don’t want to watch the news, I don’t like hearing about anyone that is sick or has passed…. Even with the best family and partner u feel alone….. I send you hugs and strength and hope you are ok xxx
Hi Adelaide2025 thanks for your message. I am not sure if I ever responded, so sorry.
I completely get you. It's so tough. But please hang in there and be kind to yourself.
I can imagine how hard it is to hear those comments from other people, but just try and focus on yourself and your recovery. The rest is just noise.
I am scheduled for my blue dye injection and surgery next week and I am extremely anxious. Working hard on my "mindset" and just being "brave" but struggling.
Anyway, hopefully it all goes well for all of us and I wish you all the best.
Stay strong 💪 🌻♥️
Hello Mazadj and thankyou for your message. Which hospital see you in? Try and have someone with you for the dye cast lymphoscintiagram for support. I found it really challenging and disturbing on my own. Nothing against the staff, but they have nooooo idea how immensely painful it can be, and that’s 24 hrs less than having your poor boobs taken away….. I felt so along and was left in a hallway for a very long time; crying, distraught and in pain. I think everyone should hang a friend or partner or even a hospital buddy that’s been through it. To feel your pain with you xx
Adelaide2025 thanks you. I'm in Victoria. You?
Oh I am so scared of the blue dye injection. Is it really that painful?
I have incredibly bad anxiety and I really don't know how I'll go through with it 😟
Hello I’m so sorry if I’ve frightened you. I can’t pretend it didn’t hurt. I feel that if I had known what it was going to be like I would have been more mentally prepared. I had purchased numbing cream and checked with the hospital before buying it. But on the day the guy doing the procedure said no to using it. Try and have someone waiting for you outside of the room if you can. Take painkillers if you can. I felt so sad that I was having my boobs removed the next morning and yet I still had to go through that (I know they need to do it to see the lymph nodes) but it wasn’t a good day for me. If I wasn’t having phase 2 next week I would offer to come with you x