Firstly I'd like to say THANK YOU!
Thank you to not just the couple of girlz that have allowed me as their contacts, but every one on this website, it has made things so much easier over the last couple of days to see peoples opinions...
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Keep that positive attitude going and I'm sure you will sail through it, Kim! I have had 2 mastectomies, 7 years apart and with the first one didn't need chemo or radiation. It was just getting over the op and then back to life and work.
The second one was a bit harder with the chemo involved but I still worked all the way through. I had a week off each time I had my chemo and then worked for two weeks, then a week off for chemo .....etc. When I had my mastectomies I took about 3-4 weeks off work but made sure that I did my exercises that the surgeon gave me asap. I got my arm movement back really quickly and have almost the same range of movement that I had before my ops.
I had both my nipples reconstructed and am really happy with the result. I still need to get the tattooing done on the second one but it's nice to have the nipples there.....somehow it makes you feel whole again LOL
Good luck with everything and don't forget to check in with us and let us know how you are going :)
Louise