Everything hurts when you are so highly stressed, I ached from head to foot and felt frantic with worry that I was riddled with it! You can’t expect to feel any different until you know for sure, the lumpectomy results day was the first time I felt I had breathed in 2 months and I skipped out feeling like a new women, I know it doesn’t feel it at the minute but your strength to cope will come back, I couldn’t get out of bed for two weeks and had no interest in anything, my poor hubby didn’t know what to do with me but the shock of it all was just too much and I shut down, I was vile and had no patience with anyone, we had just got a puppy a few weeks before I was diagnosed and she’s been a godsend and snuggled up with me for hours while I was at my lowest, you will get through all this, and there is a life the other side xx Jo
Thanks Kim. Knowing others felt the same eases some of my irrational thoughts . The aches and pains are constant but I am now also wondering whether coming off HRT (which I’d been on for 4 years post hysterectomy) is contributing to the discomfort. Going ‘cold turkey’ probably doesn’t help!
I am beginning to think that you can have too much information …Still haven’t brought book in from car…maybe tomorrow.
Yes, I have sacked one of my friends.Not heard from her since I told her,selfish or what?
You don’t think the book would be good bedtime reading?
I like books that require minimal concentration and happy endings so the breast cancer handbook not normally on my holiday list.
Jennifed,brought book in and looked at information nurse had written down on day of diagnosis, it’s not nearly as bad as I thought ,tumour is 14 mm not 15mm…joke! it’s now in cupboard with Xmas decs but at least it is in the house ,somewhere nearer acceptance I think.
I know exactly what you mean I have stopped giving a stuff about work.Saw surgeon today a woman ,nice change a woman surgeon,after appt they rang to say we can do op next Thursday instead of you want 6 days earlier,said yes but now great deal of stress to sort out work etc in time.?Also mother in law sti on hospital in Liverpool 60 miles away have her old dog here and have to sort out a package of care so she can go home,never rains…Also still having palpitations so may have op cancelled due to heart failure or similar…stress!How are you today?
Glad we have both survived this !I am disappointed boob nor wee blue…,
Spoke lady in next bed just 2 of us having surgery yesterday,she is keeping her handbook letters etc at her mothers!I told her about us and she was glad it want her going mad.Told her about this forum.
The breast care nurse rang today ,she said chance pathology report may not be back in time for appointment, they will ring you and tell you if all info not back, so prepare yourself just in case.If you add me as a friend you can see all the threads I am talking to people on and you can join in , it’s funny how you can see the funny side of a grim situation when you are talking to people going through the same thing.Its very comforting to talk to other people who really understand and also they have loads of info about just about everything you may face.
My thoughts exactly!
Click on my name icon then click " follow" . I took sterile strips off today ,boob fine ,underarm a bit unpleasant to look at and very swollen have been getting paranoid I have that lymphodaema .How are you ? I hope they have our results Tuesday just want to know what I’m dealing with.
Very difficult not to have moments of complete panic,I can’t understand why they would make appointments they can’t guarantee to give you results at ,pointless .If you look at the some of the threads I’ve been talking on in the just diagnosed section just about everyone has had pains ,weird sensations etc that they have convinced themselves is the cancer having spread.Bet your cough is result of anaesthetic I had really sore throat .Whatever the outcome we will get on and deal with it,you can get a lot of support and understanding from people on here.You can send private messages which trigger an e mail alert if you want to talk more privately to someone .
Claire there is a "had my lumpectomy today thread " in going through treatment section which is very relevant to us!