I have just had a look back at my previous blog posts, and so much has happened (or not ) since then. I did have the Diep flap surgery in December 2019, and I love it, it is the best decision I made. I have recently had a full peony tattoo over the reconstructed breast to cover all the scars from my various ops, and feel thatI can now close the door on this whole 5 years. I was diagnosed on 15th August 2016 and now feel…
So, when I had my mastectomy in April 2017, I was due to have the DIEP flap procedure, but having had three operations and several months of chemotherapy I just couldn't face it. Instead I opted for an implant reconstruction, which was fine but is smaller than my other boob. So now I have one smaller, perky false boob, and one normal one and finding bras to fit is challenging. I have also developed ripples across the…
A lot has happened since my last post, mainly we have moved house after 15 years in our old one. It was way too big for us, and was getting me down , but we are not buying a new one in the short term but renting with a plan!
However I can no longer stand the hot flushes which are a side effect of the Tamoxifen,I have tried numerous different things to-alleviate them but have now gone onto the Citlataprom the oncologist…
So yesterday was an early start , bright, sunny cold and wintery. Off to the local farm shop and greengrocer, skidding on the icy roads was a reminder that it's winter ..., but what was so great was the feeling that life was good , and I found such pleasure in doing such ordinary things , for the first time since I found a lump in my breast i felt properly happy , calm , chilled , not really sure how to describe it ,…
So today was the day which seemed so far away when I was first diagnosed in August 2016, the last of my Herceptin injections for the HER2+ part of my breast cancer. I wondered how I would feel , I have read other people say they felt abandoned after active treatment ends , but I don't , I feel elated that , hopefully and everything crossed, I won't be going back to my local cancer hospital for treatment , now I will be…
