Thank you @carrie5 . My sensible half is telling me there’s no point in worrying in advance but the half that is thinking the worse is getting louder.
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Hi @bigpickle - Good to hear from you. You are also in the dog brigade! Hooray! Well done on getting some new bras. I need to take a leaf out of your book. My post-surgery ones are so comfortable that I went to bed without one the other night and it felt so alien that I went back to wearing them again the next night. You are sounding bright and energised. Bloody fantastic!
@erica - Thinking of you today, lovely one. You will be ok. Holding your hand and sending you love and strength.
Thanks @naughty_boob. I MUST make contact with my physio. You have reminded me about this. I don’t think it feels as uncomfortable as yesterday so hopefully it was something I did (like going to bed without a bra). I MUST do more exercises too.
@gromit12 I love guinea pigs. Bubble and Squeak look edible! (I don’t mean literally; I’m a veggie!) We used to have one called Puff who didn’t get on with our rabbit so he lived on a tray in the hall. We used to have full on conversations with him. He was excellent. Big up guinea pigs too!
@magl Thanks for the nail tip. All gratefully received. I really hope they can put your mind at rest today with regard to the weird nipple area. Every little twinge is going to niggle us now, I’m sure. I hope you managed to quell the voice that was thinking the worst and, if you didn’t, I hope that you can prove it wrong. Let us know.
We’re almost at the weekend, folks!
Salbert
xx
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@salbert the lady I spoke to was fab and had suggestions how we could get the husband some help via stealth mode! I agree it must be really hard for them having to watch it all unfold around them. We are also very alike in how we think about things so what panics one of us is usually a trigger to the other one too 
. Hopefully an outside influence can help us stay on the right track x
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Blimey, sounds you have had experience of both sides! It’s hard when you are trying to support each other but both panicking! Hope you are coming out the other side of Covid and the peanut butter M and M’s were worth it! X
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@magl I’m sorry to hear of your scare, I hope the appointment goes well and it isn’t anything to worry about. It so normal for us to worry about the what if’s but we’ve all been there.
@erica thinking of you today having your injection and tomorrow for your surgery.
The sun is shining, time to play with the dog in the garden.
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Phew. Panic over. The weird nipple/areola thing is nothing to worry about. Just lymph fluid draining from my seroma into my breast, hardening things up and generally causing havoc. There’s nothing to be done except wait, massage and exercise. I’ve already waited 7 months and am getting too impatient. Reminder to self: Calm down.
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Great news.
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Hi @magl , delighted for you! Good for the rest of us to be reminded that not everything we find is necessarily bad news. I shall also bear your explanation in mind as my own pet seroma is very gradually going down. Hope you have a celebration tonight.
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@magl what a relief for you … and breeaatthe! Xx
@gromit12 those piggies are adorable ! When my neighbours went away two christmases ago I looked after their little pigs and they are so cute … the squeaks!
@salbert you are probably on to something , dogs are quite often brought into hospital as therapy dogs at my hospital … I hope we are on the same training session too 
you are correct… I have baby hair !! I’m so excited
@bigpickle I am loving your PMA (positive mental attitude ) 
@erica I hope everything went ok today xx
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Hey all, @magl so glad you got your mind out at ease. @salbert is right every nighle sets us all off. I have been the the GP three times for the same thing as I am such a worrier now
Has anyone got any tips as to whether we should massage our scars. I am six weeks post surgery Saturday and wonder whether I should be starting to massage my scar? Also what cream are people using on their scars? Xx
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That’s an impressive fuzz @arty1 . Mine is coming on in leaps and bounds but is disappointingly non-curly. Roll on full heads of hair.
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@galdiolus I got some lovely lotion in my little lifts box and started rubbing cream into the area after about 8 weeks but check with your Breast Nurse , this one is called Moo Goo and it’s lovely x
@magl I think mines going to be straight too ! 
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I use moo goo too
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Ah, I have some that too. I had put it away for when I needed it and completely forgot #chemobrain
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I wasn’t told to massage my scars after my surgery, I was just given the breast cancer now leaflet with all the arm and shoulder stretching. At my first mammogram my surgery scars were so painful. When I started seeing the cancer physio she said I should have been told to as soon as my surgical team were happy it had healed enough after surgery.
I was told to massage firm circular motions upwards on the scar. I posted a few days ago on this thread about Jen McKenzie The Breast Cancer Physio who has a YouTube channel with loads of help. There is also a Scar workshop with a cancer rehabilitation specialist who has had breast cancer herself at Penny Brohn charity. I had done the three weeks and it’s very informative especially finding about how radiotherapy causes scarring/fibrosis.If you click on Penny Brohn in pink it goes straight to the booking page, next session is in April.
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Hi @galdiolus My physio said start massage v gently around week 3 so long as fully healed using a non oily cream such as E45. I started with that and since moved on too Moo goo fast hydrating lotion which is really nice. Good luck
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I should start today then! Thanks all @arty1 @naughty_boob @carrie5 @gromit12 I shall get my moo goo cream out and make a start.
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Hello ladies i have my last round of tchp today 
i cant wait till the worst of the sode effects are over then next surgery xx
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