keeping in touch

hi jo..

 i had a lumpectomy, axillary clearance, radiation and chemo on RIGHT boob in '98

 then i had a lumpectomy, sentinel node biospy, radiation in 2003 on LEFT boob.

at the time in 1998 i was shocked and also did not want my boob touched, but i reasoned, well they had to do something so i resolved to go ahead with it. i tried going step by step etc and day by day. i do remember being.. sort of in numb land, my worst nightmare had come true.

anyway..to cut a long story short i am still here and doing ok, though less energy and easily fatigued but i have a lot to be grateful for each day, and i try to go with that.

i was 42 at the time, and my boobs meant a lot to me.

now i am older, 55, i think i coud handle a mastectomy better perhaps.

i am ok with my remaining boobs. they are smaller and slightly odd shaped, they are about " level" when i stand straight. i am USED to them i guess.

 i am more than my boobs anyway. still it is a big shock at first ..thinking of you.

 get all information and advice, then work out the best way forward. give yourself time to get used to it all, and i wsh you all the best.

 kathy.