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All the tests to update new diagnosis
What a couple of weeks I have had. After being called back to Breastscreen NSW (amazing service and staff), I had the battery of tests at the post mammogram assessment including 3 biopsies. Origi...
@Nicky123
Gradually, you’ll feel more confident about doing things, at least some things, your own way. I wore an underwire bra for a year after my mastectomy - large boobed, with a persistent seroma (not common!) and only found a good supportive non-wire bra when I was finally fitted for a proper prosthesis. My ‘normal’ bra was perfectly comfortable, didn’t impact at all on my scar and was seen by umpteen professionals!
The probing and poking goes on a bit - I once joked that if someone walked up to me in Collins Street and said, just slip off your things so we can have a look, I’d probably do
it without thinking!
A counsellor can be a a good idea - your medical team are focussed, properly, on your body. Some tlc for the emotions and the brain are in order too - in the scheme of things, a bit of chocolate is perfectly fine.
Gradually, you’ll feel more confident about doing things, at least some things, your own way. I wore an underwire bra for a year after my mastectomy - large boobed, with a persistent seroma (not common!) and only found a good supportive non-wire bra when I was finally fitted for a proper prosthesis. My ‘normal’ bra was perfectly comfortable, didn’t impact at all on my scar and was seen by umpteen professionals!
The probing and poking goes on a bit - I once joked that if someone walked up to me in Collins Street and said, just slip off your things so we can have a look, I’d probably do
it without thinking!
A counsellor can be a a good idea - your medical team are focussed, properly, on your body. Some tlc for the emotions and the brain are in order too - in the scheme of things, a bit of chocolate is perfectly fine.