all being well 1st august. See the onc tomoz to dicuss rads. I also have a long list of questions. I want her to tell me exactly in her view what she thinks about my diagnosis and also prognosis. I find they dance around and say there are no guarantees etc- I know that, but these people must know to some extent if you are likely to do ok or not. I know there are no guarantees. x
Hi all
Just wanted to pop back in to let you know my surgery went well and I am back in the land of the living, albeit a sore and lightheaded land! My new boob now puts my other one to shame. Hope you are all keeping well.
Love Mandyj
Hey Mandy, That’s good all went well with surgery. I didn’t go for immediate recon though wish I had now. I was in such a hurry to get the bad one off but getting that sorted when I recover from rads. What type did you for? I saw some of my surgeon pictures and I was pretty amazed at how good they were!
One thing I found helpful was ringing the helpline here. I rang when I got my pathology results to explain a few things and lookfor reassurance I suppose. Felt a bit silly and nervous ringing but got speaking to a woman on the switch who had similar dx with nodes involved and was doing great nearly 8 later. She told me about their one on one service and they matched me with a woman who had similar dX to me. She was same age as us, her boy was 3 too at her dx. He is now 15 and she’s 12 years out and living her life. great to chat to someone who has come out the other end. She knew how I felt. She rang me after each chemo and I’m not sure what we even chatted about but I do remember after the first phone call I had the best nights sleep!
This site is driving me mad. It doesn’t alert me when there is a reply to post so I have to trawl through all the topics and find the one I’ve answered.
Anything else u need to know let me know if I can help x
Hi
I had a mammoplasty, which is a boob reduction. I was lucky enough to be big bresated enough to have the lump removed, plus a bit more tissue so margins should be well clear. Surgeon then just used what tissue was left to create a smaller more pert boob and moved my nipple up a bit My friend had reconstruction not too long ago as she was so unhappy with her implant. She had the flap taken from her back (not sure what it’s technical name is) and she is extremely pleased with the result. I am quite impressed with how little pain and discomfort I have had so far, just feeling really light headed. Not sure if this normal after an anaesthetic as I am new to this. Most patient’s I have nursed seemed to be ok! I will take on board what you say about the phone line as you do feel better for chatting to someone who has been there.
Thanks again for your reply
mandyj