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 @Mjheke,
I remember the bumps and boob clasping! We have a very rough farm ute and bouncing around in that was not particularly comfortable.. I took to using the soft bra tops and a nice big wide crepe bandage over to strap em down. LOL. Took away the bounce ouch.
I had WLE and full Aux clearance. Huge seroma and did have a bit of chording at the beginning. A couple of sessions with Physio sorted the chording pretty quickly once she showed me where and how to massage it. I found that doing way more of the arm above the head exercises (read that as hand painted a tongue and groove timber ceiling) than was recommended got my arm back in action pretty quick and definitely helped with the swelling and drainage. The exercises do hurt at the start definitely, used to make me feel quite nauseas for the first week or two. I still have to remember to do the full stretch above the head ones or it will tighten up a bit. I still have a bit of up and down swelling if I have done a lot of work through the day especially if it's hot.
Getting back to work actually helped me I think. More "normal" I guess. . I did have more of a break than you though and I only worked 2 days a week through chemo and rads.
As you say, just see how you go.
Look after you. xoxoxox
I remember the bumps and boob clasping! We have a very rough farm ute and bouncing around in that was not particularly comfortable.. I took to using the soft bra tops and a nice big wide crepe bandage over to strap em down. LOL. Took away the bounce ouch.
I had WLE and full Aux clearance. Huge seroma and did have a bit of chording at the beginning. A couple of sessions with Physio sorted the chording pretty quickly once she showed me where and how to massage it. I found that doing way more of the arm above the head exercises (read that as hand painted a tongue and groove timber ceiling) than was recommended got my arm back in action pretty quick and definitely helped with the swelling and drainage. The exercises do hurt at the start definitely, used to make me feel quite nauseas for the first week or two. I still have to remember to do the full stretch above the head ones or it will tighten up a bit. I still have a bit of up and down swelling if I have done a lot of work through the day especially if it's hot.
Getting back to work actually helped me I think. More "normal" I guess. . I did have more of a break than you though and I only worked 2 days a week through chemo and rads.
As you say, just see how you go.
Look after you. xoxoxox