Mastectomy looming
This time next week I’ll be having my double mastectomy. For the first time since diagnosis I’m feeling so sad and swamped with gloom. The lumpectomy and the entire node removal left me mentally unsca...
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@Winetime I am three weeks post bilateral mastectomy surgery. Mine was scheduled to be around the same time as yours but Covid shutdowns got in the way and postponed things for a while. I hope you got to proceed with yours and that you are recovering well. There are so many emotions to deal with and new physical sensations to get your head around, aren’t there?! Ever since chemo, I feel a bit like I am having to relearn my body’s new normal and I can’t trust what it says anymore. This is starting to pass now as things settle, and getting some medication to help me sleep has certainly helped. When they say, Sleep is the great healer, they aren’t kidding!
I am not sure what I will do next. Have you decided? If I am to have a reconstruction, it will be from my tummy, but it seems that I still have some weight to lose before that can be done, so I have some thinking time. It will also include ovary removal as my cancer was HER2+ (and the estrogen suppression meds suck!). It’s kind of a relief not to have to carry around my G cups anymore anyway. Plus the idea of more surgery is pretty far down my wish list right now.
Anyway, I hope you are doing ok. Kat