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ShellSurfing
8 years agoMember
Newbie with Questions about Surfing/Water
Morning, I am newly diagnosed on Tuesday , saw the Surgeon on Thursday now waiting for the date of the op for my mastectomy. After processing this all weekend, just wondering if anyone can help with...
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primek
8 years agoMember
While I don't surf I swim. As soon as heaked I was back in water doing suggested exercises in tbe water and worked my way up till syrength returned. My physio suggested to wait 10 weeks for heavy working out ad I had a bilateral and reconstruction with a matrix sling. Chemo was the thing thst knocked me about and caused muscle msss loss and energy loss. But with persistence I'm doing pretty much all I did just not quite as often....yet. I bought a zip up swimsuit from speedo that you can place a prosthesis in. I never used a prosthesis but it's a good swimsuit. I also got a a hat through csncer council that is made of wimsuit material rather than rubber. Kinder to a bald head if you need chemo.
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