Went back to the Breast Care Clinic today for a check up following last week’s surgery. The wound is healing nicely and the bruise is several shades of purple and yellow. I wish I could sew as neatly as the surgeon I’m hoping the scar won’t be too large as it’s just above my nipple (although I think my topless days were over several years ago ha ha!
The best news is that the scar tissue they were concerned about has been tested and wasn’t concealing anything else. Now it has been removed there is no chance it can cause any problems in the future. I’m now a ‘normal’ patient again and will just be called for routine screening in 3 years’ time.
Great news. Congratulations on being "normal! regarding the scar my daughter used bio oil on hers. Don’t know whether it works or just that she has lovely young elastic skin - oh to be young again. It shouldn’t take long for the scar to fade particularly if the surgeon’s needlework was good. Indulge yourself and celebrate.
Great news hun. There’s always that lil bit of fear it may be something sinister. I had a tumour in my saliva gland nearly two years ago and although they said they were certain its benign I still worried till they had removed it and fully examined it. Xxxx
They did tell me before Christmas that they were fairly certain it was just a radial scar because the core biopsy didn’t show signs of cancer so I wasn’t too worried. Then yesterday, the doctor began with 'As you know, we were a bit worried about this area …" I was thinking “That’s odd because you didn’t sound so uncertain before Christmas”. They had warned me that there was always the slight chance something could be hiding there and that it could turn cancerous in the future so I’m glad it’s gone anyway.
I finished up some more of the Christmas chocolates yesterday. I’m absolutely shattered and can’t wait until another week has passed and I don’t have to sleep in these cumbersome bras any more lol!! I just can’t get comfortable at night …
Enjoy the chocolate hun. I had drains in my wound that I had to put up witj for two weeks … and when I ate saliva came out of them … attractive eh? Xxx
The really odd thing is I’ve just had a little tearful spell and I’m not sure why. I’ve been really strong and positive through all this and I should be happy today. I’m not even sure if that’s why I’m crying or if it’s just sheer exhaustion. The fatigue has come back with a vengeance since the general anaesthetic and of course it isn’t easy sleeping in an enormous bra (I’ve had to ditch my minimising underwired ones for a couple of weeks lol). No wonder men can’t understand us - I don’t even understand myself
We also had another family loss to deal with in the past few weeks. My eldest sister had a massive brain haemmorhage at the end of November and had been in a coma ever since. She was only 54 and she eventually lost the fight last week. We weren’t close since my mum died as she had been estranged from most of my family and she and I were just about on speaking terms since my MS diagnosis only because my mum let her know when I was first ill. I had hoped she would offer the olive branch to mum at that point but it wasn’t to be and it was a difficult relationship from then on because I couldn’t talk freely about the rest of the family - if I did, she would just up and leave as she didn’t want to know. I had at least hoped she would support me through the death of mum and at least pay her respects at the funeral. She did neither so I lost patience with her and never spoke to her again. I will pay my respects to her next week at her funeral as it is the right thing for me to do but my dad and brothers won’t be there. All in all another difficult situation …
I have not been on the forum much lately, didn’t realise you were having a biopsy done- great result though! I’m very sorry to hear about the loss of your sister. It must have been an awful shock for you, on top of all the other things you have going on. I’m not surprised you are feeling tearful, sometimes even the strongest people need to release some emotion, and you surely are a strong woman. Take care of yourself, thinking of you.
really good news about the results, but it’s no wonder you’ve been tearful. You’ve had a tough few weeks and no matter how strong we are it usually shows some way or another the pressure we’ve been under!
You need to pamper yourself and have a treat to perk yourself up.
I’m hoping the scar won’t be too large as it’s just above my nipple (although I think my topless days were over several years ago ha ha!