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good idea revcat! dedication or stupidity?? ive never been north of london so its a BIG adventure! Budster, i hope your daughters results are ok, will be keeping everything crossed for her, please let us know. deed xx ... View more

Budster I hope you have a super weekend and here's you thinking you really won't, couldn't possibly. But one useful practical thing to prepare for the future as the definite details take shape, is worth heaps of worrying, so maybe consider taking your daughter out shopping tomorrow to make sure she has enough button-through not over-the-head tops/cardi's that she can pull on/off easily after surgery. Like preggy dresses, she will live in these for a few weeks, then hate them forever, so try the charity shops too. Alternatively if it's too wet to go out, raid her kitchen and make sure nothing essential is stored above elbow height, cos she won't be reaching up for a while. Check the mastectomy threads for other practical tips, but those were the big two for me. Turning out cupboards is SO much easier with help, and especially with chocolate buns or bacon rolls together afterwards! It's bad that her nodes are affected, obviously, but it's good that they are getting the scans done and will be treating the whole body anyhow; how annoying would it be if they hadn't bothered with all that till later and she had major surgery that didn't actually solve the problem? Praying all goes well next week. ... View more