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Surgery done
surgery done yesterday went well got both tumours out with a incision across top of the nipple took 3 lymph nodes they seem to hurt the most home resting now
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Admission forms signed and Recovery
Thursday I had my breast surgeon review and we planned my changeover from tissue expanders. Currently I have teardrop shaped tissue expanders in but the surgeon feels I would be better with round implants . ..the teardrop ones have given me quite a square appearance as having previous biggish boobs I have quite a bit of…
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Walking After Surgery ...
Hello Ladies, I have a question, I have a flight of 15 stairs, quite steep at home to get up and down, once home from hospital (part mastectomy sentinel node biopsy) do you think I should be ok to make it up and down or may take a while to do so ? I understand everyone is different, just wondering as my kitchen is upstairs…
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Coping with uncertainty and waiting
Hi everyone, I'm 33 and have just had a double mastectomy for what they think is high grade, bilateral dcis. I chose mastectomy over lumpectomy/radio. I'm struggling emotionally less with the mastectomy and more with the idea of the disease. Diagnosis to surgery was probably 3 weeks. I've been in hospital a week now with…