Left mastectomy with sentinel node biopsy last week. Was feeling great now home and the pain in my armpit today is cruel.
Hi everyone, this is my first post, I was diagnosed last November, after I had noticed my nipple was inverting. If it hadn't been for that I would not have known anything was wrong as I had a clear mammogram the previous Dec. Unfortunately It was HER2 positive, and then the Pet scan showed it was in the lympth system and…
Thank you to my special friend. We met several weeks ago at a clinic where I was waiting to get pre-surgery blood tests and she was waiting for a physiotherapy appointment. We smiled then got chatting, as people do. Having heard my BC story and that I was alone she was at the hospital with a beautiful bunch of flowers and…
I had left mastectomy two weeks ago and everything seems to be going well except I have seroma (swelling around scar) Hope that’s right and the dr is regularly draining fluid. My chest is really tight is this normal? Should I try to wear a bra or not? All help appreciated. Lyn
Hi everyone - this might sound like a really weird question - I'm getting ready for my double mastectomy and I suddenly started to wonder about 'feelings' and 'sensations' and realised I have no idea what it will be like! Will my chest be completely numb? I'm getting a skin sparing DMX and going into air expanders - but…
Hi I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and a booked in for a mastectomy on the 23rd March 2018. I would like both breasts removed at the same time. The surgeon doesn’t recommend it and says I should go back and have the other one off later. My feelings are that I would prefer to be operated on once not twice. I…
Due to surgical butchery in 1976 and again ten years later, the right side of my abdomen is now compromised when I find myself needing a breast reconstruction (DIEP). My plastic surgeon says it can be done but I will have to go small. Before kids I was a D cup, now I am an E. The surgeon says he can do a small B. I am…
Has anyone had any experience of returning to playing their violin or viola after mastectomy? I play the viola and am very worried about the impact of forthcoming surgery. thank you
Hi ladies Having a left mastectomy this Tuesday. I have been reading other posts re drains. Just confused as some have said 10 days to 2 weeks their drains were left. Mr Doctor has said that I will be in hospital for 2 or 3 nights depending on much fluid is collected. He said drains will be removed before I leave so it…
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