Hi everyone, I am now 4 weeks post surgery and starting to feel a lot better. I'm still not feeling well enough for my liking, but that's just me. Still have seroma which has been drained twice but doesn't want to go away. (It must love me!)
I am missing work and my lovely colleagues who have been sending cards, flowers, messages and their love and support.
Today has been a good day for the most part.
Around 11am my lovely friend came and took me for lunch, which was wonderful. She also gave me a very useful present from her and 2 other friends, 3 beautiful post mastectomy bra's from M and S. I was thrilled and thought what a brilliant idea for a present as it would probably take me 10 years to actually get round to ordering myself some as would feel decadent somehow!!
After lunch we came home and I rang the breast care nurse to see if she could chase up my oncology appointment as hadn't heard anything for 2 weeks. Believe me, 2 weeks is a long time for me to wait as I would usually have been on the phone after 2 or 3 days chasing things up. Patience is not one of my virtues!!!
2 hours later I got a return call only to tell me that the oncology department hadn't recieved my referral letter from the surgeon. Great!!! Why did I decide to change the habit of a lifetime and try and be patient I ask myself!!??
The breast care nurse said that she has faxed the referral letter over to the oncologist and I should get a phone call tomorrow to arrange an appointment. Unfortunately I am at a funeral tomorrow so will probably be out when they call. If they haven't phoned by 11 I think I will phone them. So with seroma's and lost referral letters that has probably caused another delay for my chemo start date.
I think after all the waiting and stressing out this stupid illness brings I should be one chilled out momma when it is all over. I hope so because at the moment I am streeeeeeesssseeeedddddd!!.
Nothing I can do about it now though so moving on, I am off out tonight in one of my snazzy new bra's, to a fundraiser for one of the local support groups.
Take care everyone, love and hugs. Debbie. xx
