Hello everyone. Update on me is my hair is coming back fairly quickly now and def started growing back before I’d finished chemo - which some around me questioned, like I was some sort of fraud and I needed to explain why to them! People are so weird (actually it was mostly my 2 sisters…).
I am sitting in bed on day 5 post double mastectomy with temporary expanders. Can any of you give me some wisdom on what to expect? It’s like chemo all over again in terms of wanting to know what’s normal and what’s not! At present the pain/discomfort is manageable with pain relief, but I get a sharp intolerable pain if I move in my left breast that catches my breath. It’s also very painful to touch that area - which perversely I keep doing to check it still hurts! I still have drains in and have a dressings appointment for Thursday.
What I will say is that psychologically I feel unexpectedly relieved that it’s done and I am out the other side of something so dreaded and feared, that came with so many difficult decisions!
Any advise or just tales of wisdom welcome!
Rosie