sw2012
10 years agoMember
Ouch
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...
It's normal to feel a bit miserable after surgery and the fear of the unknown. We are all different and some people breeze through chemo. I've just finished AC and found I was exhausted most if it. But I never went to hospital, never had a mouth infection, just had sore eyes for a week in the last cycle. I had some unpleasant side effects like gas and bloating and farting, it made me miserable but it was 1 week for 4 cycles. Try not to overthink, I know easier said than done. Keep up the exercises, it will improve if you do...and the physio can help with other things if it doesn't. Kath.