Hi,
Sorry if I’ve posted in the wrong place or it all comes out wrong, I haven’t done this before and my head feels a bit jumbled this morning.
Anyone else just feel really lost sometimes? I’m not sure I’m going to get this out right, I’m 35 and don’t know anyone else who has been though this and just feel so lost. I have brilliant friends and family and we have lots of support but I still feel quite alone with this, it would be really nice to just talk to people going though the same as me right now.
I had a lumpectomy node biopsy earlier this week and very feel smelly and aching which probably doesnt help! And my god I tell so tired! No one told me that would happen! I’m an active person and it’s driving me nuts!
Hi Sarah , plenty of us here who have been or who are going through the exact same thing as you are so you don’t need to feel alone. There is nothing quite like speaking to those who have been there no matter how much support you have at home.
You have just been through an anaesthetic and surgery and that alone is enough to make you feel upset and tired, add in the reason for it all and its a dead cert that you are going to feel emotionally rung out!
Give yourself time to recover, another week and you will be feeling so much better, about day 10 post op I was pretty much back to normal and out and about but those first few days I was exhausted.
Its hard to wash when you are trying to protect wounds but we taped mine up initially with a carrier bag and just about managed to shower , made us laugh if nothing else! ? We can all relate to the smelly armpit!
My dressings were hanging off on day 5 so I took them off and showered properly and just covered up If I went out, all was healed up fine at my 14 day post op check up.
Im 3.5 years on now and although I vividly remember those days of diagnosis and treatment you get through it and life gets back to normal, just rest and listen to your body, it’s time to let others pick up the reigns for a while now, you will soon be back to your busy self Xx Jo