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Hi ShirlO!  They do have GREAT beds in hospital don't they?  Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness and sending me a message on D-Day!  All went smoothly.  I am very tender in the left breast area, as to be expected, but not on any pain killers much - maybe a bit of Panadol if needed, but mostly I don’t need it.   I won’t get the results from what the pathology tests say until Fri next week (10^th Sep).   

I am delighted that I only have one wound.  It is an L shape quite close the left nipple (from about 11’oclock to 5 o’clock) where they removed the lump as well as the sentinel node/s.   I am very glad about that from a scarring point of view and also for healing, I won’t have to worry about messing around with a wound under my arm.  Also I was worried about losing the shape of my breast and looking lopsided or deformed on one side afterwards.  But things look really good so far, so I am very pleased about that too, except I do have to wear very un-sexy bras for the next 3 months!

I’m home now and feeling dopey and tired. So have settled into bed with the laptop, a book and a movie – so my husband says everything’s normal!

Cheers

Cynthia