Post Surgery Update and Pathology
Time to update my blog.
Prior to Feb this year I was working fulltime as a trauma counsellor and was loving my life. After a routine mammogram Feb this year, I was recalled. It was then I was diag...
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Hi Linda
Lovely smile you have there on that photo...keep up the good work.
Don't beat yourself up over pain management. You know your body best and you do what you can to keep yourself as comfortable as possible throughout this journey.
I am coming up to my 1 year mark in June. Single mastectomy, 6 months chemo, 6 weeks radiation, start Arimidex soon, Herceptin until October. Reconstruction and prophelactic mastectomy other side around April next year. Still smiling.
I used Bio Oil after my mastectomy. It not only improved the appearance of my scar but it also put me in great stead for radiation. Starting radiation I changed to PURE Sorbelene, which I have been applying super thick 3x a day. My skin is holding up extremely well with only 4 more treatments to go.
I hope that some of us can help put your mind at ease a little. It can be a rocky ride at times but with good preparation and great advice from the girls online I found it manageable.
It sounds corny when people tell you to take it one day at a time or to put one foot in front of the other, but that is exactly what got me through just fine.
Monday tick, Tuesday tick, tick, tick...here I am.
And you will too.
Keep smiling xx