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Think it's 3 weeks post bilateral mastectomy - it's all a blur - and I am finding it a bit hard now to keep up the happy smiling face for everyone, including myself. My arm is sore, feels like a bur...
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Hi, take it easy on yourself. It's only been 3 weeks and it will take awhile for your body to heal from surgery. I had a mastectomy in November....and had cording. It was quite painful at the beginning and went down to my wrist. With physio help and some laser, it's now manageable but I am still dealing with it (6 months later!).
Don't push yourself too much with all your chemo ahead of you. I've just finished chemo and radiotherapy and you really do sometimes just need to take it a day at a time. You'll sort your cording out in time and you'll get your body back to how it is supposed to feel....but for now, just keep yourself focused on preparing yourself for chemo next week.
If you already think you are going to have tummy issues, make sure you get something to help you through that. Whilst I got all my drugs from the oncologist, I also went to see my GP (who works in an integrated practice with nutritionist and naturopath etc) and we got a plan together for other things to help support my body through each stage of the treatment. If you have a good GP, I think they can really help to look at the bigger picture.