Tomorrow is the masectomy!
Well, tomorrow is the big day for the masectomy! Here at last! It seems funny to look forward to it but I had a lumpectomy last July followed by chemo and knew then that the breast had to come off so...
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Good luck for tomorrow.Like you,I had a lumpectomy first(2003) and then it came back so had a mastectomy in May 2010.I think I got used to losing my boob bit by bit.When the nurse took the dressing down I was quite ok about it but I was high on pain killers-that helped! Although you are glad to be rid of a diseased boob,it is still a grieving process to work through.I wear a prosthesis in my bra and outwardly,you'd never know.But getting dressed and undressed can sometimes be upsetting at first.The scar is a constant reminder. I don't do naked anymore.I also have trouble finding tops/dresses with higher necklines.These are only little irritations that challenge us and can be overcome.Hopefully the trade off is a cancer free life. Let us know how you are when you get home.
Tonya xx