Treatment Plan
I'm now 9 days post my mastectomy and feeling better every day. I have been very tired and lethargic but today was the first time I didn't feel the need to take anything for the pain during the day....
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Hi Amanda,
You've stepped into the cancer world which is like some weird parallel universe.So if you have early breast cancer(and nowhere else)then you are in the lucky group -luckier still if no node involvement.Nowhere in the real world would anyone link cancer and luck together.Right now you are in fighter mode and maybe putting on a brave front for kids and elderly parents so as not to alarm them too much.That's what I did anyway and my poor husband saw the scared me.At some point you will crack and have a meltdown and maybe when you least expect it.Mine came just after I signed the chemo consent form.I burst into tears and couldn't stop and told my husband to get me to the car quickly.It's a big load on your husband but then we'd do the same for them. Your strange surgery sensations will eventually settle but you will always be numb under the armpit. Your arm might ache from time to time but hopefully improve over time. I try to remember to do lymph massage each day-that helps.
When my hair fell out I ordered good head stuff from www.headcover.org. I bought an expensive wig but hardly wore it cos it was hot and irritated my scalp.I also felt fake in it.I mostly wore caps and cotton bandanas.But you'll work it out as you go along.
Tonya xx