Hope all goes well tomorrow. That will be another step forward in your joint road to recovery x
Sorry not to post a reply straight away. Didn’t go back online after my post y’day.
Thanx for your comments Mary Grace.We seem to be following the same path! You are in 4 days in front of me for re-ex. Will be thinking of you. I’ll be at the hairdressers getting the barnet done in the hope that I don’t have to have chemo! And I think ChoccieMuffin you are just ahead although I am HER2 Neg which is fine by me!
Good luck to you both. Isn’t it great to have ‘breast’ chums!
Wandyx
Hi Wandy,
I went and got my hair cut shorter because I had convinced myself that I would need chemo and it would all come off anyway. The hairdresser said that she would take some off, but not cut it really short because in a couple of weeks if I got the all clear I would hate her for having agreed to do it (and if it came to it she promised to book me straight in to get a more radical short “do.” As it turned out I didn’t need chemo, so the hair has survived.
It made me feel strangely better to feel like I was taking control and doing and organising things. I also got my teeth checked out, all the kids health appointments and teeth checks and all sorts just in case I needed more surgery and couldn’t drive. Adrenaline is great stuff in some ways!
Thinking about you for your re-ex, they promise me it really is routine so fingers crossed for both of us this is the case. By the way, they told me for some reason re-ex is mre prone to getting infected so they would give me a shot of antibiotics while I am still under. Might be worth prompting your surgeons for this just in case? x
Ok, will have words with the surgeon. thanx for that.
x
MG, that’s what I was told too. I have to say I didn’t notice any difference regarding having or not having anti-b at the op, and the scar has healed up nicely and is just as tidy as the first one, so don’t worry about being left looking like hamburger meat!
If you have long hair, you might want to hang on a bit until you find out whether you have to have chemo or not. And if you DO end up having to have it, you could donate what you cut off to a charity that makes wigs for UK kids who lose their hair because of chemo or other things. I have done that because it gave me the chance to stick up my middle finger to cancer and gives others the chance to make use of my hair if I’m not allowed to keep it. littleprincesses.org.uk
gonna donate to that website little princess… and im having my hair cut sponsored to raise money for our charity… a few people came up with the idea. i really hoped not chemo but i have Had actually, grade 3 and 2 nodes involved tho onc said i am cured its all cut out but chemo is preventative. xxxxxx