Mastectomy Time
I healed from my last chemo, through October. It was pretty uneventful. I met with my surgeon on the 24th of October, and she scheduled my surgery for November 4th. I had a sentinel lymph node biopsy and a modified radical mastectomy. Plus I had my port removed as well.
The surgery went fine. I stayed the night in the hospital. Went home in the late afternoon the next day. I have a drain tube still. That's been real fun. I keep getting clots in it that I have to strip out. The drain is disgusting but I deal with it. John has helped me with it.
I have taken three showers in a week. I have to cover up my drain tube on my body so it's kind of a pain in the ass . The hospital did give me some sticky covers for it so that was a big help. I use a shoestring around my neck to hang the drain lol. Hey it works!
I still drain about 50cc in a 24 hour period, so i can't get it out yet. Only if it goes to 30cc in a 48 hour period. Ugh . I'm still swollen. Under my arm pit.
The scarring and whatnot is hideous. I have extra skin saved for my reconstruction surgery. So it looks funky. A roll of fat with a horizontal incision scar, where my boob used to be. Yuck. But i deal .
It hurts to put my arm flat on my side. I have a scar from an incision under my arm pit. That's where they took my lymph nodes. So no deodorant under that arm. Stinky lol.
I have pain in my right arm. That's the side my surgery was on. If its not better by morning I will call my Dr. Just to make sure its not something crazy going on. Other than that I'm doing just fine. It's still surreal but what can I do .
Ciao!
The surgery went fine. I stayed the night in the hospital. Went home in the late afternoon the next day. I have a drain tube still. That's been real fun. I keep getting clots in it that I have to strip out. The drain is disgusting but I deal with it. John has helped me with it.
I have taken three showers in a week. I have to cover up my drain tube on my body so it's kind of a pain in the ass . The hospital did give me some sticky covers for it so that was a big help. I use a shoestring around my neck to hang the drain lol. Hey it works!
I still drain about 50cc in a 24 hour period, so i can't get it out yet. Only if it goes to 30cc in a 48 hour period. Ugh . I'm still swollen. Under my arm pit.
The scarring and whatnot is hideous. I have extra skin saved for my reconstruction surgery. So it looks funky. A roll of fat with a horizontal incision scar, where my boob used to be. Yuck. But i deal .
It hurts to put my arm flat on my side. I have a scar from an incision under my arm pit. That's where they took my lymph nodes. So no deodorant under that arm. Stinky lol.
I have pain in my right arm. That's the side my surgery was on. If its not better by morning I will call my Dr. Just to make sure its not something crazy going on. Other than that I'm doing just fine. It's still surreal but what can I do .
Ciao!
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