Hi Rita,
So pleased to hear from you today. Glad it all went well for you. Make sure you take things easy though. I am 12 weeks post op. now and I have to say the weeks have flown by. Hope you continue to recover. Hope Jan is also doing well.
x
Welcome home Rita, glad it went well, look after yourself for a good few weeks.
Hi Rita
Good to hear you are happy and that the wait and the worry was worthwhile 
Would be good to hear from Jan!
Thanks for your good wishes BB - hope you are showing signs of improvement.
Best wishes
Liz x
Hi Rita
happy you are back home after successful surgery and now it’s just a case of rest rest rest oh and more rest.
i was told well before surgery that it would be a DIEP/muscle Soaring TRAM. Did surgeon not say beforehand?
Mine was an immediate recon and have had confirmation that I will be having RADS. So wish me luck girlies as I have to get through 15 off the things! Date not confirmed yet.
Dani X
Hi Danigirl
sorry to hear that you have to have Rads! what a bummer! 15 treatments sounds like a lot! Hope all goes as well as possible.
Liz x
Thanks Liz…
Apoarently that’s the standard given for MX. I know some ladies who have had WLE and had 25 RADS!
Keep me posted re stage 2.
TaLe care.
Dani xx
Hi Rita
So glad you are happy with your op and now take it easy, the time really does fly by as Beanie baby said
Jan: Hope your op went well
Dani: Sorry to hear you have to have rads but I had them the first time and you have got through so much I am sure you will do well. I didnt find too bad well compaired to chemo I found them easy!!! I did get tired I think about half way through although I cant remember too much as I had them over 15 years ago.
Be Strong: not long now and I know you will be just fine, just read the posts and I found them a great source of encouragement. I wasnt looking forward and was really frightened about the op thats why I started this post and I am so glad I went through it and it seems like ages ago I had the op now.
Liz: have been reading your posts, I hope your taking things a bit easier!!
Everyone else (sorry to bunch you up but I will be on here for ages otherwise)
Hope your all recovering and doing what your told!!!
Love L xx
Hi there, It was so nice to read all your posts. Sorry it has taken me so long to post. It was a week today - practically this minute actually - that I went into theatre. It was a 10 1/2 hour operation and I have to say it has been tough. I wanted to get to a more positive point before posting so that I didn’t deter anyone else. I woke up some time on Friday in the night or Saturday in the early hours and have to say felt pretty awful. They had to take obs every hour so I had no chance of falling asleep and by morning was not only in considerable pain in my back but was exhausted. It was really difficult to sit up to get a drink too and I was sooooo thirsty. I had 8 drains in - 4 on each side - the nurses said that it was a record - and found it very difficult to negotiate these to get up especially with the lovely gown gaping open down the back! I was in some distress actually trying to get to the loo with all these drains/bags attached and needed help which wasn’t always forthcoming I’m afraid. The surgeon then insisted on me being connected to a drip of fluids to stop me getting dehydrated so I had to get this disconnected before setting off on the mission to the loo after this! I didn’t have much pain at the front. All was at the back which was made worse by having to lie on it and wriggle around to get up. There was also the problem that they kept trying to take blood tests because I was very pale and feeling very weak but couldn’t get into my poor chemo damaged veins. Health professionals considered my veins a big challenge and were constantly coming up to me asking if I minded if they had a try at getting blood! Not conducive to relaxing and feeling better. They finally managed to get a blood sample on Monday at 1.30am in the morning. They found from this that I needed a blood transfusion. The whole of Monday was taken up by firstly trying to get a canula in to get the blood transfusion on the go and then having the damned thing. However, as soon as I had had it I begged to go home as I had no chance of sleeping in the hospital and by this time was delirious through lack of sleep. Things have got better since being at home and all the drains came out on Wednesday. I’m still in some discomfort but nothing like at first. From what I can see though the results are good! All the nurses said the same and the surgeon seemed really pleased. Great to hear that it all went so well for you Rita. I will update again shortly as just typing this has made me feel quite tired.
Love and hugs to all
Jan
x
Hi Jan,
Great to get your update. I am so sorry that you have had such a rough time. Sounds like you have been through the mill!
Anyway you do sound as if you are on the up now you are at home. Please continue to regain your strength and I wish you all the best in your recovery. Sounds as if the worst is over and it is onwards and upwards now.
Angie x
I am in the US but have been following this link for a few months, I finally have the nerve to post … I am scheduled for the diep on nov 27th but am just as scared as you all were. You all sound spool good now like it was the right decision but it is scary as hell to be on this side of the decision, I am looking forward to being where you all are and this being behind me. I sure hope I don’t chicken out. I Was diagnosed 1 year ago today and am done with chemotherapy/, radiation, and mastectomy, I feel like this is the right step for me. Looking forward to my future and moving on
Hi Marcie,
So glad you have decided to post on here. It’s so good to have you follow us all. I’m sure that you will get some really usefull tips from all of the lovely ladies on here.
We were all scared like you too. I can honestly say it’s the hardest thing that I have ever had to do but the best thing also. I look in wonder every day and think how clever the Plastic Surgeon has been to create me a new breast. I love it more as each day passes. I know it sounds ridiculous but it is so true. Also the added bonus of a lovely flat tum which I never really thought about, but is a bonus!
Here’s wishing you all the best for your upcoming operation. Please keep us informed of your progress also.
Angie x
Morning Ladies
Hope your all Ok, recovering well, resting and keeping warm (its turned cold here!!!)
Marcie: I was scared too thats why I started this thread, but the support I received was great and I did go through with the op. I was thinking about it this weekend adn although at times it was tough going the whole thing was easier than I had anticipated and if I had to I would go through the whole thing again, I am so pleased with the results.
Be Strong: Is it this week you go in?
Love to All
L
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hi jan and all. Jan, glad to hear you are home , sorry you had such a rough time. Although the 1st 2 days were tough and i needed a blood transfusion on the sunday, i must say i received excellent care and lots of help. I know what you mean about not getting much sleep though! I was lucky that i had 2 drains out sunday and the other 2 out on monday, then came home Tuesday. Have slept better since ive been home, and feeling a bit better every day. Tomorrow im going to the dressings clinic and hope to have all the dressings off. I hope you are pleased with your results as i am. It was tough but i would make the same decision again without question. Going a bit stir crazy just resting but i know its necessary so im being good. Hard to imagine 10 days ago we both were facing this op and now we are both out the other side1!
Hope all you other ladies are recovering well love rita x
hi macie, glad you posted. i spent months worrying and reading all the posts before i joined. once i did , i received such support and help from all the ladies here. I was sooooooo scared, i cant tell you how scared i was, but everyine helped me with advice and answered my endless questions and im so glad i went ahead with it. I did think of not going ahead once or twice but now its over, i dont know why! I think the anticipation was actually worse than the reality. Hope all goes well for you, you will soon be out the other side love rita x
Hi everyone,
Rita and Jan, I hope you are both recovering well and I am so pleased to read that you are happy with results, even though it sounds as if you both had a bumpy journey getting there. Like Rita I have problems with chemo vein and I am badly bruised from the cannula used at my scan next week. However I am just thinking about the end result and being able to bin my protheses!
Marcie, I hope you continue to use the forums;I have dipped in and out but reading everyones stories has really given me the courage to go ahead. Whenever I have cold feet I log in and am inspired by tinfish, Beaniebaby, danigirl, Lizdeb et al.
I am waiting for my daughter, she will be here in about 30 minutes to take me to hospital.I will be admitted today for surgery tomorrow.The next time I post I will be the proud owner of two boobs!
take care everyone
xcx
Be Strong
Good Luck, I am sure all will go well and like you said you will have 2 boobs. Take it easy
L
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Be Strong,
Good Luck for tomorrow. I will be thinking of you all day and sending positive vibes to you. Take care.
All the best
A x
Hi Jan good to hear from you - sorry you had such a tough time - you get lots of rest! Don’t sit at the computer for long - I did and I regretted it later!! You keep getting better
Hi Marcie
Sorry you have had to join us - you keep thinking positive thoughts and the time will fly - don’t forget - the imaginings are worse than the event
Well, Be Strong, you won’t get this till you are back out but still I wish you all the best for tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing about your new boob!
Best wishes to all
Liz x
Hi Be Strong
It is amazing how talking (well reading!) about what other people have been through helps!
All the best for next week
I saw the PS yesterday (I actually saw my consultant for the first time in nearly 6 months not just a registrar!) - they are referring me to an urologist (I originally wrote oncologist!!)! He said he can’t see what they could have done to have caused the problem - well they didn’t take any muscle so it is a bit of a mystery but at least they are referring me! They are pleased with the results though
The waiting list for nipple recon and lipo to tidy up and make the match perfect is 9 months so I have put my name down - I can always change my mind closer to the time!
Hope all is well with Rita and Jan
All the best to all
Liz x
Originally posted 25/9/2012 edited 4/10/2012
Hi Ladies
I saw the GP yesterday and we discussed my bladder problems - he could not think what had affected it but as it is slowly improving and the nerve that was affected cannot be tested apparently he is not referring me to a urologist. It looks like I might be back to normal soon anyway - it seems to depend on what angle I am at!!
Otherwise the GP was most impressed as he had not seen (or heard of) a DIEP before. I impressed him even more when I was able to tell him what DIEP stood for - I had looked it up (again) the other day so I could still remember - didn’t know what it meant just knew the words ROFL.
It is annoying that if you edit a post it goes completely out of sequence! I suppose I should have just left it!! LOL
Hope all is going well with all people and that the road to recovery though slow is still going in the right direction!
Love and best wishes
Liz x