mastectomy blues
Its been 4 weeks tomorrow since the loss of "dd day" and have i had my ups and downs. After my skin sparing mastectomy my pain now comes in spasms and so do my emotions. I can cry for hours. It seems...
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Hey Kel
It upsets me to know you are so sad. Your pic shows you so happy.
You will be finding it hard because as you said so yourself in your post you can't be in control as you travel this journey you have unfortunately found yourself on. Somehow I think you would find that hard as it sounds like you are in control in a lot of areas of your life.
Remember that you don't have to always put on a facade. People don't expect you to be on top of the world all the time. It is so okay to cry. Crying is very healing. With all that you are going through if you didn't cry people would be worried.
I agree that the waiting is the most frustrating and hardest thing on this journey. It is so much better when we have a plan no matter what that plan may be. Only your oncologist will know if you need chemo or not.
I found with what i have been through that laughter does definitely help you get by. I watched funny DVD's while in the chamber sometimes and they lifted my spirits so much. A good belly laugh is great medicine I think, the louder the better. One good thing in the chamber was that no one could hear me. I had a few sessions of crying in there as well but i changed my mindset and turned to funny videos which changed my thoughts.
Stay strong precious, we are all here to give you the patience, the strength and the courage to get through. I made myself a lil shrine and put up some inspiration things and pics of people that inspire me and one of the things was "Stay strong Michele" on a tag of a BCNA pink lady and the other one from Janey that I say every day is
May the sun shine all day long,
everything go right and nothing go wrong,
May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come true". I was so grateful to Janey for this.
Even though my hyperbaric is over I am not taking those inspirational things down as I am also maybe going down the same path as yourself and I will need their strength. It might be you giving me encouragement soon my sweet.
Stay strong my luvly but also cry if you want to cause that is definitely okay also. Lots of love always, Mich xoxo