Cording

Thank you Good luck with your treatment.

Hi Eileen, 

I have been experiencing the wonders of cording also. Every time I reach for the floor, or lie on a firm surface I feel the rib pain. My osteopath did a fantastic job at releasing that last week, and the lymphodema trained Physio has really been helping me with the cording. I've even been able to release it a bit myself. There's a little feeling of accomplishment every time a manage to make it pop! I've decided that I'm going to need to spend a little money on myself in order to be more comfortable. Good luck finding some great therapists!

Eileen,

Local is not that bad. I have a few medical conditions that make general really high risk for me so I fought long and hard to get them to agree to use local and some light sedation towards the end when they reached the limit of hiw Much local they could give me. 

It only hurt couple of times and I must admit that all in all I am glad I did it that way. In some weird way I get comfort from knowing what they did and I do remeber them being very thorough in ensuring they got the right node. Searching for the node was the painfull part but I honestly now feel far more reasured that they did the right thing by me :)

They are correct when they say light sedation will help you cope as you really will feel no pain with it and will be able to communicate.

I had major surgery (ovary and a large tumor removed) in 2012 with just nerve block and towards the end light sedatipn and that time after they gave me sedation I remebered nothing until they turned it off.

This time they had to use some light sedation (combination of the so called laughing gas and something else in the drip) and this time my brain stayed on the whole.time. i was very much aware and remember it all but there was no pain or discomfort. They only used it in the last 30min or so as they reached the limit of how much local can be adminstered.  I remember the sensations of being worked on and being 'sewen up' as well as of all the conversatipns arround me while looking at the weird 'dancing sheet' which was over my head (as they have to cover you completely to work on the breast).

Do not fear remembering it or being aware as honestly if anything it will reassure you they did a good job.

All the best with the procedure :)

Hi Skitzy, I had surgery on 31 March, lumpectomy and sentinel nodes, right side. I have had a lot of pain across my back in particular the right shoulder blade, down my arm, very tender under the arm and my ribs on the right side too. And my boob hurts like hell. I saw the surgeon on Tues and he had no idea why I had all the additional pain. Not a lot of help there. I dont think I am sleeping in a different position. Maybe some of us just have a lot of referred pain. I am just hoping it settles soon, for you as well. 

Good luck with your chemo. The new hairdo is a great idea. Let us know how you go. 

Hugs, Jacqui

I had the mastectomy & SNB on the 10th Feb & the axillary clearance on the 9th March as the 1 lymph node from the SNB had cancer in it, luckily the 10 taken on the 9th showed no cancer. I think you are very brave JDAKIC being awake through your operation, I was asleep both times. I think i will be having a twilight anasthetic when they put the port in, as they have told me I will be able to talk to them but wont remember it.

Eileen

Sorry to hear about your shingles Anne-Marie but glad that your nearing the end of your chemo. I will be having AC every 21 days for 3 months, then a weekly 1 for 3 months.

I used to take Celebrex for the Osteoarthritis, which I have in both ankles. I  found out after the bone scan that it is also in my knees, but they don't bother me at the moment.

Eileen

I just do not like having photos taken Brenda, luckily for me I already had a short style, so thought I would go shorter then it would not be as bad when it falls out.

I also have a bit of pain now & then in the back, I find I can sleep on the right side as long as I put my top half on a pillow &  keep my arm out of the way. Hope your chemo is being kinder to you now & your getting your beach walks in.

Not sure how long ago you had your surgery, mine was 9 days ago, and even tough I only had lumpectomy and a single sentinel node removed I noticed a fair bit of pain arround The ribs.

I wrote it off to both sleeping funny and to the way they go about identifying which node to remove.  I had my surgery under local anaesthetic and was very much aware of just how much work they do on the side identifying the node they want and testing - felt like they were digging in there with a dull spoon so I am surprised it is not more painfull than it is (for me at least).

I was told it would be many many weeks until rhings start to feel less tender.

Hi Eileen, I'm at the tail end of chemo (only two more treatments to go before Radiothreapy) my bc found last August 2015. I had a lumpectomy and chemo went 'OK'' till the one I had every 3 months  when I  developed. shingles. Although I did get the required medication in time it left me with two numb fingers on my left hand and nerve damage in my lower arm. ( I'm right handed.....phew). Anyway in the last month I have experienced pain not only in my lower legs but through the top of my body, through my chest down my arms. So the GP believes it's from the shingles and put on lyrica and endep and the oncologist gave me Celebrex for body pain. So guess what I'm saying is pain seem to travel everywhere and although not seriously bad pain it worries me to 'something' still hanging around in my body.  I am just taking the Celebrex.....not wanting to take too many meds. 

Sorry I raved on a bit but so many weird things seems to happen throughout this process. Hope all goes well for you.

Anne-Marie

You look about as happy as I did when I got my lovely long hair cut short lol. It does take a little getting used to but I was glad I got it done before the shock of chemo arrived.

I get sore ribs but mostly at the back around my shoulders. I think its from so much sleeping and perhaps not sleeping quite the same position as before the surgery. It doesn't ache though, just tender.