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Another bad start to the year
Hi guys I was diagnosed last week with Breast Cancer after my GP did a boob check at a routine Pap Smear in Nov. She sent me for another mammogram in early Dec (altho the July 2017 one was clear ...
@Julesjourney good luck with your rads. Hmmm mine will be about a 2hr trip each way .... and am debating on staying there the first week to see how I go, then maybe try driving the next week and see which I prefer. I may be able to convince myself it is a mini holiday!! (As if!)
.... I’ve been chatting with ladies on the lumpectomy & radiation thread a fair bit too ... great info for me there on use of deodorants, etc. The underarm pain could be ‘cording’ .... seems I should have been doing exercises but wasn’t given any! Not REALLY bad pain ... just persistent and annoying. I seem to have a VERY Dry armpit sort of rub/pain thing happening. Will chat with Dr about it. Luckily it eases when I am in bed.
I have a small log shaped pillow with one flat side that I used for shoulder surgery some years back and it was a GODSEND for my boob!! The pillow either propped the boob up so it wasn’t ‘hanging loose’ when facing left and stopped it from being squashed when facing Right ... thank goodness I kept it. They really are an essential bit of kit!!
All the the best for Monday, Roberta
.... I’ve been chatting with ladies on the lumpectomy & radiation thread a fair bit too ... great info for me there on use of deodorants, etc. The underarm pain could be ‘cording’ .... seems I should have been doing exercises but wasn’t given any! Not REALLY bad pain ... just persistent and annoying. I seem to have a VERY Dry armpit sort of rub/pain thing happening. Will chat with Dr about it. Luckily it eases when I am in bed.
I have a small log shaped pillow with one flat side that I used for shoulder surgery some years back and it was a GODSEND for my boob!! The pillow either propped the boob up so it wasn’t ‘hanging loose’ when facing left and stopped it from being squashed when facing Right ... thank goodness I kept it. They really are an essential bit of kit!!
All the the best for Monday, Roberta