Prep for surgery

Hulos, sorry the news wasn't  good. I'm doing chemo first to shrink down the tumour but i only have two more ac to go then surgery. My tumor is still large in comparison to my small breast size and i cannot see it being a lumpectomy like we were aiming for. I think regardless I'm going to opt for mastectomy to avoid further surgery. I'm already scared just thinking about it.

Hi everyone,, well i had my surgery done on 31/5 on Wednesday and discharged Monday 5/6. 
Went to see the dr for a follow up yesterday, the good news is that the lymp nodes of 13 removed and 8 was affected.  

The bad news he tells me is that there was some scar tissue  in the breast, path test was done ,turns out there is more canc..in the breast, seeing the oncologists and dr this Friday  to see whats to be done, but most likely  having mastectomy now per dr.......crap that was not what I  expected.  A body scan was done to check if it had spread....all good 

I will be "lop sided", i am being advised to have the other removed to save myself  any headache later on(by friends) Has anyone gone this road? ???

I took my bag and purse - they were locked in my cupboard x

This is a great list! I am flying through it! It's things like this that are priceless as I'm not frozen (let it go! haha!) that I can think straight. But i can collect items! The only query I still has was about my handbag and purse?

@melclarity thank you for the link ... I just found it when browsing and I've started packing xx

I was in for 4.5 days and also made sure I downloaded new books to my phone. I also love logic puzzles (phone app) and I collected the Sydney Morning Heralf cryptic crossword for a few weeks.  My sweet treat was a big bag of snakes!   xx

I was given colouring in books and took pencils, textas and a music player. Also had ebooks on my mobile phone. Was in for 6 days and everything helped relieve the boredom. Xx 

A good book takes your mind of things l craved lemonade lol ,  nice handcream l just loved that little luxury and ask if they have the free zolta cushions for under your arm they look like the travel cushions you put round your neck but they go under your boob amazing. Hopefuly the breast care nurse has rung you about your post surgery bra they are amazing. And do the exercises they give you  they are invaluable. Good luck we are all wishing you well. Adean xxxx ps lm 5 years post so this will be a past memory for you one day too.

Haha @nikkid i was about to say that particularly a charger lol x 

And a small extension chord for your charger - means you don't have to lean to get it x