First diagnosis and the waiting game
I wondered if anyone had the same experience as me. I was told my the GP that I had cancer over the phone. Apart from letting me know that it was an invasive ductal carcinoma she wasn't able to give ...
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Hello again,
Sorry I have been quiet of late but since my last post I was induced to have my beautiful little girl (Annabelle) at 36 weeks. She is doing great. Feeding really well and growing fast. That was 4 weeks ago.
Since then I had one surgery (lumpectomy and axiliary clearance). That was pretty bad and I found recovery even harder as you are supposed to rest and take it easy but unfortunately I can't do that. I struggle with the fact that I can't pick up my one year old and can't do the every day things like bathing, changing nappies (don't miss those) dressing and putting to sleep. I can do some of these things with my older one though. The drain stayed in for 2 weeks which was a massive pain too. I got what they call "cording" from the axiliary clearance operation, which is very painful and restricting. Not to mention the constipation that you get from all the pain killers. I was beside myself.
Then I found out that I need to have mastectomy on that breast after all as they found 3 different cancers in the breast as well as not clearing the margins at the primary lump site. So that was last Thursday. Just when I got used to post surgery restrictions there comes another whammy.. I was a mess. Don't know about others but losing my breast was easier said than done. Only had 2 days to get used to idea before the surgery. I find it very hard looking in the mirror and won't be able to have reconstructive surgery for a year, until the treatment is over and I heal up. That is a massively long time. I really don't know how I will cope with that and not having my hair on top of that. I think I will feel like an alien. Are there any ladies out there that felt or are feeling the same?
But my question is how long do I have to wait post surgery before I can have my chemotherapy? Is it 6 weeks? I am meeting my Med Onc next week but really don't want to wait that long as I have already been delayed by 3 weeks with having 2 surgeries.
My husband will have to go back to work at the end of June. He works in Sydney and I was hoping to have at least 1 chemo session down so that I can work out how I would feel during each session but if I have to wait 6 weeks then it's going to drag out to the end of June. I feel like I have waited enough already.
Adriana