Victoria is doing an Inquiry into women & pain - feel free to participate!
If you live in Victoria you may like to take part in this survey if you have/do experience pain of any sort - whether from your BC or anything else. .... The survey is open until 31st July 2024 ... The government wants to know what your experiences are with pain and accessing care for your pain condition. Understanding your experiences and concerns will help to inform the Inquiry into Women’s Pain and make recommendations to improve care that meets the needs of Victorian girls and women over 12 years of age. We want to hear about: the experiences of Victorian girls and women with pain. This includes all pain and is not limited to pelvic pain. the experiences Victorian girls and women have in accessing Victorian health services to manage their pain, including strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improvement. the experience of healthcare workers who work with women and girls with pain. You can fill out the survey on this page. The survey will close at 5:00pm, Wednesday 31 July 2024. If you would like to write a longer contribution to the Inquiry into Women’s Pain, please see the submissions page: Inquiry into Women's Pain submissions (health.vic.gov.au) For more information about the program of work the Department of Health is leading to change the way women's health issues are treated, please see: Women's Health and Wellbeing Program To do the actual survey - click on this link below: https://engage.vic.gov.au/project/inquiry-into-womens-pain-survey/participate
Recovery from Bilateral Mastectomy no recon. With Seromas. When does the pain end???
Hello. I am 53, and got diagnosed with dcis in October in right breast. We elected for a bilateral mastectomy and on pathology the right was 5x3.5x2.5 cm and the left surprise surprise had 2 patches of DCIS which didn’t show on Mammogram. I have been told I don’t need any further treatment - which I accept is ‘fortunate’. But I’m not Pollyanna, and I have lost my breasts, and I am so incredibly sore nearly 3 weeks down the track. Beginning to wonder if I will ever be pain free again?? Neurofen irritates my Crohn’s disease, and panadol doesn’t really do anything. Ive been taking Endone before bed, but still feel like I have bonfires in my chest, and its very tight. I also have MS, so that is not helping either. I accept this all happens, and its not easy for anyone. All I really want to know is, does this pain go away eventually? Is there anything that is not a tablet that has eased anyone’s discomfort ? I cannot bear wearing tight clothing. I’m having about 95ml taken off each side each week, and it feels like it fills up before I get home after the appointment. We have a holiday which has been planned for over a year, in 4 weeks, and I feel like we are just not going to get there. Its a bit of a pressure.
Fretting
It's the middle of the night and I'm having a quiet fret about rib pain. I woke up from my BMX & recon (27/4/18) with a sore lower left rib. I queried it with my PS when he deigned to speak to me but he dismissed it with a 'we did a lot of pulling and stretching in the area'. It's never gone away, coming and going at various times. However the last few weeks the pain has got stronger and more frequent and I've started to have a worry. I know it can't be bone mets but there's this little niggle in my mind, those stories you hear about people thinking they had a gym injury or something like that, only to discover months later that it's not that at all. I don't want this worry to eat me up so I went to my GP this morning, confessed to being a cliche and explained. She was totally understanding and very sympathetic, examined me (I am very sore on the left) thoroughly and suggested that I have an xray of the area to start to find out what's going on. She also said I had "quite prominent ribs". What does that mean?! But now it's the middle of the night, my rib hurts, and every tiny throb of pain in my body is magnified a thousandfold. Fret fret fret...