Girls, thank you all for your replies!!!
Looks like this seroma thing is going to be on my back for a while. It’s changed its shape again – it looks like an avocado now!
Cryst, Julie, I am shocked that yours was a size of hot water bottle – that seems huge! Glad that is getting smaller now, hopefully it will disappear soon!
Liz, I guess mine is not that big as I only had SNB, rather than full node clearance. Very impressed with your efforts to see the nurse! I was going twice weekly to see my nurse on 1 hr 30 min journey each way and felt like a hero, but it was nothing like force 9 gales!
Sarah, you guess me right! I moved here while the other forum is going through technical changes! My nurse has advised me to wear tight t-shirts too, but I find them suffocating to wear above my bra.
Karen, I wasn’t given to do any exercise at all. My surgeon inspected the arm and checked the range of movements and than said I don’t need any. Being suspicious type I insisted on some advice and he told me to walk my arm up the wall. I also called my nurse and she send me BCC exercise sheet. Needles to say that I don’t stick to it religiously, but I use my right arm as normal and even hold a full kettle when I forget. Good luck with the nipple recon!
Sharon, I too find bra irritating and keep scratching my skin under the armpit, it will look scabby soon! Good luck with chemo!
Abismum, thanks for your advice, I will try to do some gentle exercise. I hope you managed to recover your retirement plans
I am not in a rush to get back to work, but don’t want to stay at home for too long – I have no kids to look after and all my friends are working full time. And unfortunately I don’t drive on my own yet, I only passed the test two months ago (two days after being diagnosed!) and didn’t have a chance to get use to driving, so have to rely on public transport. I’m slowly getting bored. Both my surgeons said that I can come back to work after 4 weeks, providing there are no complications and pathology result are good, but I don’t fancy do it with the seroma on my back. I would like to come back to work once I’m fit to sit behind a desk all day, but I am worrying about commuting in peak-times to central London. People in the public transport are very pushy!