Hi
Liz I’m glad you are pleased with your new boob it makes such a difference to how you feel about yourself doesn’t it? Can’t understand your scaring though I just had the scar under my breast where they removed the tissue expander and put the new implant in. I do still get a little tightness in my back though.
kaye… I didn’t notice any lumpiness in my breast it was just very very hard. Have had a bit of a worrying week though, we went to friends last Saturday night for a meal and drinks and ended up playing darts it did hurt a little when I started playing but the wine obviously numbed the pain and I carried on, however when I woke up on Monday my breast and upper arm were really swollen and it felt like I had a golf ball under my arm!! managed to go to work but couldn’t wait to get home and take my bra off! Tuesday it was still the same so called the breast care nurse she told me not to worry and to massage it and I’m glad to say it’s nearly back to normal!! Will not be playing darts in a hurry again!!
Any news yet for your surgery? Please let me know.
Love to you both xx
Hi Julie
Sorry to hear you’ve had a scare but glad to hear all’s well now!
Bet you never thought a simple game of darts could make you feel bad!! Maybe it was the wine making you feel too good!!!
My implant must just be abnormal - dare say they’ll tell me at my appointment on the 1st June - wish it would hurray up!! Getting really fed-up waiting just want to get on with life!!
Keep well everybody speak soon
Kaye x
Hi Kaye
How did your appointment go?
I’m doing well all seems to have settled down nicely now after my darts game!!
Have another appointment to see my surgeon in July.
Hope to hear from you soon
Julie x
Hi Julie
Glad to hear you’re doing fine - long may it continue!!
My appointment was a disaster! Saw new PS and he more or less told me nothing to be done! Said my implant was only a grade 3 capsular contraction so wasn’t tooo bad yet but possibly would harden more with the rads still working in my body so really better to leave things just now as could get worse in the future!! How long I asked and he said nobody knew how long rads kept working so just wait and see!! Obviously he’s not living with it!!!
Then I asked about getting my other side lifted and reduced to match my recon and he dismissed it! Did I really want more surgery? In my bra you could hardly see any difference he said and only my nearest and dearest need see me without!!! If I really wanted he’d put me on the list but the main thing was the cancer was gone!!!
Well yes of course the main thing is the cancers gone but I would like to be a bit more even because can only wear bra for short periods as my back gets sore! He said to massage my back as the muscle would be stuck to my chest wall and that would help! Fine but because my arm has been damaged with chemo I can’t reach my scar and there isn’t always somebody around!!!
I was stunned when I came out of his room I’d gone in with a list of questions about surgery to be told that now I wasn’t getting any!!
It was such a shock as my old surgeon had said surgery at least to lift the other side was automatic but came out from the room feeling as if I’d just be a pest if I was asking him to do it! Wonder if its something to do with the fact that there’s no replacement for my first surgeon yet and he’s got a huge list to cover???
Am I being too cynical??
Anyway plucked up the courage to phone surgeon (not PS) and ask to speak to him but he wanted to see me instead so have another 100 mile trip in to see him on Monday. At one point he said my old surgeon who has gone to Ireland was willing to see his patients from Aberdeen so am seriously considering it! He never ever gave me the impression I was a nuisance!!!
Anyway rant over feel better now!!
Just have to wait and see what happens on Monday!!
Keep well
Kaye xx