Breast Cancer Now Forum

Hi Dizzybee You were right about an infection.  Its definately not been my week.  I went to GPs to get dressing removed, she said it was healing fine and the another dressing on and said to return in a couple of days well as the day went on didnt feel good at all.  By next morning my boob was enourmous and very red.  I rang surgery and they saw me again removed yesterdays dressing and put another on.  Got antibiotics.  Went home and spent the night feeling worse and coulnt wait for morning.  As soon as i ranf BC nurses i was told to go there they took one look and said it needed to be drained which was awful at the time but big relief.  Have been the last few days to get it checked then this morning it wasnt right so had to have a tube inserted to drain it into a bag.  So sick of it all now everday it has been something different wrong.  Lets see what tomorrow brings.  Theanks for advice on radiotherapy xx ... View more

Well i had a wire guided WLE exactly 1 week ago.  Went in as a day case and felt ok the first day but every day since theres been something wrong with me, ive either been throwing up, hot sweats, pounding headaches just not felt well at all.  Hoping that this is the only surgery i will need but obviously i will need to wait for results.  I thought i would just be ok after a day or two but the least little thing i do i need a nap afterwards.Its definately not how i thought it would be.  Any good tips for facing radiotherapy?   ... View more

Hi Ali I am feeling so lost and don't know where this will end. I am reading and researching as much as I can I really don't like the sound of radio therapy and the side effects but not sure if there is any other option. My surgery is planned in a couple of weeks so need to be sure I can make right choice xx ... View more

Hi dizzy bee thanks for your reply everything is so confusing I don't think there was much said about reconstruction but I am getting a list of questions so hoping to become more informed . I just feel so rushed x ... View more

Hi Girly I don't know what size it is I don't remember if they even told me. I don't know what's next as they want to do surgery in the next couple of weeks. I don't know when I need to make a decision by. I do have another' appointment with consultants on Tuesday and have begun to make a list of questions but keep crying all the time and have a permanent headache x ... View more