Well its 4am im in hospital had a mastectomy and full node clearance yesterday thank god i was first down. What can i say everybody has been amazing cant do enough for you not in any pain yet , the care is second to none , hopefully will be like this when i go home today. Good luck everyone x
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Dear Juleslip,
Well done, to you for getting through your surgery and managing to let us know that you are feeling ok.
When you go home, please take all the help offered to you, eat good food, drink plenty of water (nothing stronger at the the moment) lots of rest, and don’t for the the dreaded stretches when you’re ready.
Wishing you well, with lots of TLC, keep posting letting us know how you’re getting on. We are all here for you.
Love and hugs Tili 
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Thank you im ready to get this recovery going, as when recovered the chemo and herceptin starts xx
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Good morning tili. Ive had the best nights sleep virtually no pain , i cant believe it started doing exercises just warm up ones yesterday , my shoulder is a little easier today. Onwards and upwards. Sending love and positive vibes. Julie
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Dear julesjp,
You have made my day with your excellent news, I’m so so pleased for you. Go easy with your stretches.
Take good care, as I always say one day at a time. Well done my brave lady. I think this deserves strawberries and cream.
Keep updating, we have some lovely sunshine, here today, hopefully it will shine on you.
Hugs Tili
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Thank you tilli , my partners going to shop im packing in plenty of protein to help with healing, its a dull day here in cardiff. Julie xx
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I’m following your op and recovery really closely. I’m in for double mastectomy tomorrow (IDC and DCIS in right and DCIS in left) and sentinel node removal and reached the panic stage.
Just want it done but terrified it’s in my nodes.
Glad to hear you’re up and about and doing well xx
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Honestly ive been so positive but the idea of drains etc was making me anxious, but from my perspective its been amazing im in no pain the nurse has just been and i feel confident now to change the drainage bags, im sending you so much positivity and love , you will be amazing . I had a contrast ct scan before my results so knew it had gone into 5 nodes so full clearance for me so i knew beforehand, i will be having chemo and herceptin but you have to go one stage at a time. Wishing you all the luck with uour recovery please let me know how your doing. Julie xx
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@julesjp just home after my op yesterday. The drains are annoying and painful on one side but got lots of drugs - including a bottle of morphine, might need that tonight!
Just the long wait for the nodes biopsy results - he thought they looked clear but then again they thought it was a cyst four weeks ago and here I am with a double mastectomy.
Anyway, hope your recovery is going well xxxx
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Lynn thats fab news, just rest the drains do get easier, my one drain is down to 20 mm so hopefully have that taken out over the weekend. Im feeling really good no pain still, keep me updated. You got this xx
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I had a routine mammogram 9 months ago and was told it was clear, then found my lump in may then at results asked how could it be this aggressive in a short space of time they said my routine mammogram wasnt clear, that mammogram was in a different place to the breast clinic so they are looking into it. Xx
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That’s so worrying. I had a routine mammogram 18 months ago and all looked fine apparently but they are going to look back at it. Hope you get some answers.
xxxx
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I will lynn. My daughter works in nhs and deals with negligence shes sorting it all when my treatments finished, the breast clinic im under are amazing cannot fault them so much respect for them xx
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Hi tilli. Saw breast cancer nurse today she changed the dressings and cleaned the area. All positive she wants the drains in longer, theres not one bruise on me. I go back next wednesday to see if dressings can come off and hopefully the drains have reduced so they can come out. Xx
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Hi julesjp, glad you’re holding up. I had my drains out on Tuesday - there was hardly any fluid coming from them. The breast nurse told my husband to take the dressings off on Monday so guess that’s his job. All been well but really puffy and tingling. Just the long wait for results now xxxx
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The tingling and pain in my arm is bearable at times the nurse said its from lymph clearance and nerve damage but its good, still numb in places the big step for me is when dressings come off complety to look, yes the wait for results mine are on 22 august if theyre back , then wait for oncology appointment then chemo xx
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The tingling is so weird and then tightness. I presume it’s nerve too. They didn’t give me a date just three weeks so may be longer I guess. xxxx
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They told me theres a backlog so could be cancelled which is fine, one small step at a time xx
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Dear Julesjp,
well done, once the drains are out, you will be much more comfortable.
Have a restful weekend, take good care.
With the biggest hugs my brave girl Tili
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Morning tili. Had all my pathology results yesterday, it was a 2 cm tumour and lots of papilomas, they took 34 lymph nodes out and 1 had cancer thanfully as the ct scan showed 5 nodes involved so much better than ithought . Finally the wound has closed up. I will see oncologist within the next 2 weeks for my chemotherapy & herceptin plan so extremely pleased with the results. X