I got recalled at the end of July following routine mammogram, ended up having an ultrasound and then a biopsy - so much to take in in one appointment! I ended up being diagnosed with pleomorphic LCIS and had a lumpectomy at the end of August. I was lucky in that the tumour was only 6mm and I don’t need any further treatment, just annual mammograms.
Despite the good news my emotions are still all over the place and I still feel quite tired and sore. I’m doing my exercises daily as the scar is quite high up which affects muscle use in my arm. I’m getting quite obsessed in that the scab hasn’t come of the wound yet and the skin around it is still stinging and tender - is this normal???
I’m just wanting the uncomfortableness to stop now so I can get back to normal, but then I remind myself that I’m lucky and shouldn’t be feeling sorry for myself etc …. It’s just that it’s all happened in such a really short space of time and now I’m all fixed. The head is all over the place!
It sounds like your lumpectomy is similar to where mine was, mine didn’t even almost look like it was in the Breast tissue (well it was but the really thin part up higher up the chest). Do you get the services of a BCN, with your diagnosis ? (possibly not) If not I think I’d pop to the GP and get them to take a look… has anybody followed up and checked your scar ? It does seem like quite a few weeks to still have a ‘red stinging’ area and it could be that there is a wee bit of infection and that would account for you feeling so sore. I’m not a medical person, but it sounds like you do need to have it quickly looked at for your own peace of mind. BY the way - I had to google ‘pleomorphic’, so learnt something new.
I think this whole process, no matter if you end up with ‘good news’ or ‘not so great news’ is a very trying and exhausting. You will have still gone through the waiting, the tests, the surgery and the fears that anybody else will have gone through - and of course - you still have to deal with the annual mammos. I think its not surprising that you will be unsettled by the last month or so, despite having a feeling of ‘being lucky’. Once your healing is sorted I’m sure you will feel much better - hence why I think it might be worth a wee check. Could be nothing, but a 5 minute visit to a med is worthwhile.
Best wishes to you. Feeling much the same in similar circumstances. Despite being given excellent care and told that the cancer is treatable - awaiting radiotherapy- I am finding it difficult to function with any energy. I know it’s because all this stuff happens so fast and the shock is hard to deal with, but I don’t seem to be picking up much. The Letrozole can cause this I suppose. I’m also irritable and told this can also be the medication. Of course I could just be naturally bad tempered!