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Am having a bad day!
So I was diagnosed on the 10 of Feb with BC since then have had double mastectomy with sentinel node biopsy on the 9th of March and had to go back in to get more nodes out on the 23rd. 11 nodes out al...
Hi Igray3911, I hope some of the suggestions have helped the creepy crawly tapped feeling.
I have yet to go through the mastectomy and lymph node clearance, so am interested to hear how you have coped with it.
For the constipation, I have a few suggestions as I had it very badly the first cycle of chemo but this time I have it under control.
As suggested by others on this site, I started Movicol the night before chemo.
The next two nights I also took Movicol plus 2x Coloxyl and Senna.
Each morning I made a fruit smoothy in the NutriBullet, 1 Kiwi fruit (peeled), 1pear(cored but leave skin on), 1/2 Apple (cored but leave skin on) 1/2 Nectarine (with skin) plus 1/2 banana, grapes or strawberries of whatever else I had handy. Top up to the full line with Prune juice and blend.
I drank it during the day for the first three days and any other time I felt I wasn't regular.
Not only did it taste good, it helped get the fluids up and it really worked.
I had to cut back after three days as it started to work too well!
Hoping you are more comfortable very soon.
I have yet to go through the mastectomy and lymph node clearance, so am interested to hear how you have coped with it.
For the constipation, I have a few suggestions as I had it very badly the first cycle of chemo but this time I have it under control.
As suggested by others on this site, I started Movicol the night before chemo.
The next two nights I also took Movicol plus 2x Coloxyl and Senna.
Each morning I made a fruit smoothy in the NutriBullet, 1 Kiwi fruit (peeled), 1pear(cored but leave skin on), 1/2 Apple (cored but leave skin on) 1/2 Nectarine (with skin) plus 1/2 banana, grapes or strawberries of whatever else I had handy. Top up to the full line with Prune juice and blend.
I drank it during the day for the first three days and any other time I felt I wasn't regular.
Not only did it taste good, it helped get the fluids up and it really worked.
I had to cut back after three days as it started to work too well!
Hoping you are more comfortable very soon.