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Hi Anabel,

I had a great day today.(more on why later) Yes I am home...I was suprised too at how little time you have to stay in hosptal. Apparently some people go home the same day. I was going to only stay one night but had vomiting and dizziness from the anasthetic( sorry i dont think thats how u spell it) so ended up staying 2 nights.Ive had this with past ops as well. They send you home with lots of drugs hehe so you dont need to suffer. I have cut down from yesterday and am just taking them at night. I had an appointment this morning and then went to lunch with hubby which was lovely ..my first day out since the op> Just so you have a comparison as I know that this really helped me..My lump (Invasive ductal carcinoma) was 2.8cm. They removed it and 7 lymph nodes and the surgeons secretary rang me this afternoon with the beautiful news that the pathology from these were clear. Thank God...Any how it is my understanding that the chemo will be first and it starts 4 weeks from my op. I will find out more after thursday as I have an appointment with the surgeon.I am happy to let you know if it helps. I really found that stories from other people that were similar were soooo helpful and reassuring.

As I said before I really feel for you because the stage that you are in now was the worst for me also. The nurse at the admissions also recommended restavit for help with sleep. Try some of that maybe?. How many days till you see the surgeon? My surgeon had 2 offices and my husband called and found that if we went to the other one we could get in earlier. Same applied with the surgery. We went to a hospital That took 2 hours to get to instead of the one 10 minutes away because we could get in 1 1/2 weeks earlier.

Any how...Im no expert and still at the start but Im happy to share anything that you think may help.

luv Jo xoxo