All set for chemo and suddenly a no go!
How does one cope when you’ve hyped yourself up to face up to your first round of chemo only to be stopped in your tracks and sent to hospital? I fronted up to the hospital to start the next stage o...
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Ah, seromas! It's your body trying to help you heal, really, but you sort of wish it wouldn't. My first two seroma-induced infections were slight - mild, could have been a undifferentiated 'bug', I was fine in about 24 hours, and after consultation with my surgeon and oncologist, we went ahead with my first chemo infusion, and all was well. It was my third 'bug', nearly six months later, after several aspirations of fluid, that rang all the alarm bells - I felt awful, the little pinkness on my chest had turned livid and I was in hospital for a week. Even when super antibiotics seemed to have everything under control, my surgeon was not happy - and he was right. Surgery revealed a serious infection still lurking which was duly given 'a good scrub out' (to quote my surgeon). Fortunately, that killed both the infection and the seroma! Your team are doing the right thing, taking it seriously. And yes you are right, cancer treatment tests our ability to swing with the punches. It's not a process you really want, but the learned skill is invaluable. Best wishes for an incident free continuation of treatment!
Thank you Afraser, goodness, you make my concerns sound so minor and boy do I feel for what you must have gone through. There was brief talk of taking me back to surgery to scrub the the little buggers out but my surgeon feels she’s on top of things at this stage. 🤞🤞
thank you for your support. 🥰