Saturday 23rd April 2011: Had a busy week, with physio and really getting this arm and breast area opening up and moving again due to it all curling back after radio therapy, so its hard work, sore, but slowly getting there.
Visited a garden centre with a neighbour, great day out, felt really tired soon after, got home and went straight to bed felt very weak! Early hours of the morning around 4am, ended up seeing emergency doctor due to difficulties in breathing and tight chest, thick mucous spit and running extreme hot and cold.
Everything was checked and nothing showed up, blood pressure, oxygen, pulse, etc all fine, Had to drink loads of fluid and sleep upright. I had a reaction to something and although cannot be sure, would bet it on having been in the garden centre! Various smells, herbs and ate organic egg mayonnaise baked potato, even thought about getting some herbs to grow and touched a few; New to me, but thought nothing of it until difficulties later that I had had a reaction definitely. The Silent Reflux had kicked in big time and reminded me once more to be very aware of sprays, smells, dust etc.Lots of spores also going about in a garden centre, so lesson learnt!!!!
Unable to go into hydro pool or swimming pool as yet also due to having the chemo and radio therapy chemicals still in system and would therefore cause me problems.
Getting a wee bit nervous now as got two appts this week on the same day and no doubt a date will be set for very near future for next operation and also the removal of ovaries etc. Hope its not to be a full hysterectomy, but have to wait until gynae decide. Best hope is that they may be able to remove ovaries/fallopian tubes via key hole surgery at the same time of my second mastectomy and reconstruction; but spoke to Genetic Counsellor and if it means a hysterectomy is required, then I have to have the second mastectomy and reconstruction as like my first one, then the hysterectomy later. Keep fingers etc crossed I will be able to have it all done in the one operation; I know I was on the table the last time for 14 hours, so will be at least 10 hours this time; 2 hours for the mastectomy and 8 plus hours for the tissue reconstruction from buttock again. Jeezee peeps, hope I can go through this all again and that recovery may be quicker as should not require more Chemo or R.T. this time.
Also hope that the Silent Reflux, Gastric Reflux, cough left with will not prevent any delay as it all needs done sooner than later. So trying to keep upbeat, even though immune system still low and recovering; will need to discuss this with surgeon in depth as hope it does not mean that I will be even more susceptible to infection quicker than before as invasive surgery.
