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I feel like Ive won the lottery!!
Have just spent the whole day having CT scans and Bone scans to see if this monster has spread.
IT HASNT. IM ALL CLEAR!!!
IM IN SHOCK!!
I have a bit of arthritis happening because Im getting old but thats all!!!
just need to get through my mastectomy and axillary clearance tomorow then I think I will feel like Ican begin to see a faint glimmer of a light!!
Thanks to you all for letting me whinge and sook and no doubt ill be doing more than that once Chemo starts xxx
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Im with you every step of the way too xxx
Tomorow night it will all be done for us.
We can do this lovely xxx
Thanks Deanne,
I haven't had an operation for 18 years now and the last one was on an eye that turned down, thyroid eye disease, It is straight now, I'm more nervous about the injections into my breast tomorrow morning, I know it will take seconds but I don't like needles much. After that I don't care what they do really, I'll be asleep. Well I do and it is false bravado but it is keeping me somewhat sane.
Jodie, we will be fine and we will chat and compare notes on the flipside :) Remember I'm holding your hand in spirit, you can squeeze all you want.
CasI don't know :) It will depend on many things. What they find, how much they have to dig around, how well my stitches heal, whether there is any infection or if I have to have drains for fluid. I've been told anywhere up to 3 nights but I don't particularly like hospitals so the stay will be until they get tired of me asking if I can go home yet :) You know in the "are we there yet?" kind of tone .....ha!
I'm Carolyn Seymour-Allan if you want to phone. Which hospital are you going to be at?
Cas (you can see why I am known as Cas Allan, the full name is a mouthfull)Hi Jodie,
I found the masectomy not too bad at all. Healed quickly. Now, the node clearance was for me a littlle different. I had 20 lymphs taken, 3 of them affected. It wasn;t more painful, more like a tightness, which I have to this day. I am aways aware that I have to be more careful with the arm. I also have some numbess running down the back of the arm. Linda xx
Hi Jodie,
I found the masectomy not too bad at all. Healed quickly. Now, the node clearance was for me a littlle different. I had 20 lymphs taken, 3 of them affected. It wasn;t more painful, more like a tightness, which I have to this day. I am aways aware that I have to be more careful with the arm. I also have some numbess running down the back of the arm. Linda xx
- I'm having an axilliry clearance. Is that more painful than the actual mastectomy?
- Try and think that the cancer will be gone when you wake! That's how I thought of it and it helped me to keep calm. xx
This time tomorow it will be over.
well that part of my journey xxxx
- That's great news!Seriously,don't worry about the mastectomy.Its not as bad as you imagine.I will be thinking of you tomorrow alsoxxx
Im so nervous. 2 operations in 1 week for me and I hate being put to sleep like that.
then when i wake up my boob is gone. I feel ok about it but I get a funny feeling in my tummy when i think about it.
Im guessing thats normal xx
