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...
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Hey there. I had lyrica for about a month as my arm and outside breast hurt if fabric touched it. After on it I coukd gently stroke it which helped desensitize it and came off slowly over 2 weeks. Did make me tired though.
For bowels I took movichol as I was really really constipated on chemo despite 4 coloxyl a day, juice and nuts (sh!t a brick was apt) so movichol morning and evening was enough and can be bought over the counter (generic is cheaper). Embarrassing to be happy you pooped ...but it came to that for me.
Hope things improve soon. Kath x
For bowels I took movichol as I was really really constipated on chemo despite 4 coloxyl a day, juice and nuts (sh!t a brick was apt) so movichol morning and evening was enough and can be bought over the counter (generic is cheaper). Embarrassing to be happy you pooped ...but it came to that for me.
Hope things improve soon. Kath x