Breast Cancer Now Forum

Terrified.Should be happy it's gone, but I'm terrified.   ... View more

Good morning all! Thanks for all the luck ladies 😊   Well results were a mixed bag though on the whole great. No more surgery for me, clear margins and no lymph involvement at all...phew! All dressings are now off, literally got home and went straight in the shower!!!   Following surgery, the cancer has been upgraded to a grade3 though and is triple negative. So I'm going to have to have chemo. 🙁 I am seeing my Onc next Wednesday. Because of all the factors I believe I will have genetics done. Rads will be at the end. Long rd ahead.     My children have been great and not particularly affected by it all so far, they are 6&4, but I think me chopping my hair off pre chemo may freak them out a bit.   But, it's gone, so must be positive! ... View more

Ah CK, I have cried very little, and only one weepy day, but man did I feel better the following day. As everyone says, its good to let it out (I'm sure even when out in public and you feel like a bit of a numpty) Onwards and upwards for tomorrow, I'm sure you will feel better for it. (I 100% know his you felt being woken by the salesman - I had the same after my husband took the girls out and I finally got to rest and a blimmin charity collector banged on my door! Needless to say he got a very swift "no sorry,not inerested" before I shut the door in his face!) ... View more

Jencat - sorry to hear it was cancelled. I do remember now you were worried it would be. The brain is a total fog from my week after surgery if I'm honest!!!   SueW - oh I'm so jealous you can change your dressings! Mine are waterproof, but I still have to clingfilm them as I haven't been aloud to change them during the whole 2 weeks!!! Even if they take these off tomorrow and redress them, I don't care as I will be in clean ones that don't whiff!!!!   Helena - thank you. I have fingers tightly crossed for no more surgery, but if it needs to be done, then so be it.   ... View more

Hi, I'm 42 (41 at diagnosis in july) I occasionally had achey boobs in the morning on getting up, which wasn't the norm for me, so each time it happened id check for a lump but didn't find one. Eventually after two ish months I thought I could see a flat area on the underside of my right breast. Went to gp who couldn't see it, and she didn't feel a lump either,but referred me for peace of mind as it had been over a couple if months. At hospital they cleared my right breast of any cancer, but found a tiny lump in the left! Feeling lucky its been found by fluke, who knows his long it would have been before I found it?!!   I also invited my close girlfriends to have a feel of the lump, ad it didn't feel how I expected it to. They were all surprised it didn't feel harder and Aldo how much they had to push in to find it. ... View more

Yes good luck for today peggy ... View more

Jencat, look at us both awake at silly o'clock! Thank you. I think your a week ahead of me aren't you? So you will have this bit done with now, waiting is the worst bit isn't it?!!   SueW, getting on really well actually. It probably took a week for the full effects of the general to leave, but I was out and about on day two (with a five hour nap after!) I'm finding at two weeks post op, I'm not really needing to nap, but after making dinner and putting children to bed, I'm good for nothing but watching a bit of telly and early bed! Arm mobility is good and I'm not too sore now, most pain is probably in my arm where I can quite do a full stretch yet. And I literally can not wait for these dressings to come off, keeping them stuck all round, clingfilm for showers  and itching is driving me bonkers! ... View more

Ooo happy birthday!!! It was my birthday on Saturday, again not quite how I expected it to be this year! Hope you have had a lovely day so far, tea and cakes is always good! ... View more

Try not to be anxious and enjoy your final day in the sun. 😊 My fears were for the injections prior to surgery, and though they were a little  uncomfy, they weren't that bad! Also didn't want be sick or feel sick after surgery, which I didn't.!  Recovery has been so much better than I expected too... You can so do this!!!     ... View more

Just looked back, 2 days. Good luck, hope you don't have too much waiting around on the day. X ... View more

Really well thank you,much better than I expected. Your op is very soon isnt it? ... View more

Mine was on 27 July, so I'm one week post surgery now. ... View more

Here you all are! Wonderful news your feeling well after your surgeries ladies!   So glad someone mentioned the green poop too as I was not expecting that, so anyone waiting for op still will at least be expecting it...was a bit of a shock 😂 !!!!   I'm a week post surgery now and progressing well. Feel fully back to myself now, just have a sore arm pit. Boob is fine though. Annoyances for me are I now have a cold, and I'm getting more fed up with my bras, as the only ones I could find are 34 back (I wear 30) so I feel I'm constantly fiddling with them as they are moving around a bit. Can't wait to be back in my normal ones!   Still 5 days until i see the surgeon, the feels like it takes forever! Fingers crossed for clear margin and no lymph involvement, don't want more surgery! ... View more

Hi Debbie1964, I can't see any pen marks at all on the skin around my dressings. There could perhaps be some underneath, but I won't get to find that out until next Friday!   Jencat and Peedles, wondered how you got on yesterday with your ops?  ... View more

I'm so very jealous SueW, enjoy that lovely weather! Glad you are getting to see your children ahead of the oo too!   just a thought, please do check your timings for food ahead of the op. Your timings sound similar to mine and I wasn't allowed food after midnight and could only have fluid upto 6am. (I was in for 7 and op schedualed for 2ish but then got bumped to 3:30) perhaps all hospitals etc are different though? ... View more

Fingers crossed you are well for Thursday jencat, but if it takes a little extra time to be well before and the op has to wait, then that will be for the best, as frustrating as it is.    Ive had a good day today. Lazy morning, lunch, then a walk by the river to the park with hubby and girls. Not felt tearful today, so yes I think anaesthetic etc playing a part there. I felt quite a bit less tired today too. I've found I'm ok to do a small amount of something physical, like taking a shower or fold laundry, but if I was to shower then fold laundry and go and put it all away straight after and fill washing machine again, I'd feel tired and need a nap, so I've learned to do little bits here and there and leave the rest for hubby!   I've managed a careful shower every day, but did need to pop to my surgery to get some extra dressing applied. (My surgeon wants the dressings kept on for two full weeks) and after four days they have started to lift, even with clingfilming over them for showering. Starting to feel a bit stinky though as not allowed to use deodorant on that arm pit - Not sure I can do much about that other than wash as close as I can and use a string perfume. I am feeling a bit self conscious about it though!!! ... View more

Thank you jill. I have an appointment in two weeks for my post op check and report. Long old wait though! Hi rubycat, I've had a very lazy day today, done nothing except loaf around reading magazines! I have been doing my arm exercises since the first full day home, also taking pain meds as a course so to speak initially. Think I may send my hubby out with the girls tomorrow as there is something not very relaxing about listening to your other half trying to sort the children out. He is brilliant with them, but It did sound like he was destroying the house whilst making a cake with them this afternoon! ... View more