Awaiting results after surgery - Mjheke
Hi all, I am so pleased to be provided with information for this online support community! I was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 days ago and it has all been very fast moving and overwhelming since...
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Hi @lrb_03,
thank you for that. Unfortunately my current workplace does not have any non-clinical roles. I work in occupational health. I do pre-employment Medicals mainly. I do medical, measurements and functional capacity evaluation. It is physical in that I lift weights and show people how to do full ROM. At the moment I cannot get my arm higher than about 60% abducting and limited in my extensions, flexion and interior rotation is not possible. I will have to use my words and just one arm to explain what I want to see. But the lifting, pulling and pushing is sometimes unavoidable. I’m not sure what i’ll do.
I am returning to work Monday, financially I have no choice. Do I feel ready? Not at all. I have a large seroma that has formed in the breast/axilla and gets extremely painful especially towards the end of the day. Particularly when I do too much. Because of this discomfort, I have not yet driven as when I am in the car, I have one hand supporting my breast over the bumps and I’m not sure how I would go if I had to manoeuvre quickly or stop suddenly due to my pain and limited ROM. I do my physiotherapy exercises daily but the swelling of the breast pulls and stops me from going further. I am a bit worried about chording. I am going to drive today just to see how I go. Basically the same with work, I’ll have to see how I go.
Emotionally I don’t feel ready either....
thank you for that. Unfortunately my current workplace does not have any non-clinical roles. I work in occupational health. I do pre-employment Medicals mainly. I do medical, measurements and functional capacity evaluation. It is physical in that I lift weights and show people how to do full ROM. At the moment I cannot get my arm higher than about 60% abducting and limited in my extensions, flexion and interior rotation is not possible. I will have to use my words and just one arm to explain what I want to see. But the lifting, pulling and pushing is sometimes unavoidable. I’m not sure what i’ll do.
I am returning to work Monday, financially I have no choice. Do I feel ready? Not at all. I have a large seroma that has formed in the breast/axilla and gets extremely painful especially towards the end of the day. Particularly when I do too much. Because of this discomfort, I have not yet driven as when I am in the car, I have one hand supporting my breast over the bumps and I’m not sure how I would go if I had to manoeuvre quickly or stop suddenly due to my pain and limited ROM. I do my physiotherapy exercises daily but the swelling of the breast pulls and stops me from going further. I am a bit worried about chording. I am going to drive today just to see how I go. Basically the same with work, I’ll have to see how I go.
Emotionally I don’t feel ready either....