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Finished chemo....

2010-10-07T13:19:41Z

Well the day came and went. I finished chemo on monday. Its hard to believe it is over. Radio next in november I hope. I hope to be done and dusted by christmas. Feeling pretty tired and zonked at the moment but I know it'll pass.

I met the plastic surgeon last week to discuss reconstruction and that was a bit of a shocker. Its a pretty big operation. He wants to take my tummy and put in on my chest-the good thing is, it results in a flatter tummy too! I worry I am putting myself through a reconstruction for vanity though and is it the right thing to do? Of course, I should stop thinking so much. As you can see from my rambling, my concentration isn't up to much right now.

Anyhoo, just wanted to update on where I was and to let others know who are starting out, that it does come to an end.....

Liberating experience

2010-08-26T12:56:12Z

I got my PICC line out after my last round of chemo. I requested this as it was really getting to me. I know this may sound silly but I felt as if I got my body back.

I was a little anxious about going swimming since I only have the one boob now but then suddenly today I thought, 'to hell with it' and off I went to the pool. I got changed and headed out into the pool area lob sided but happy. No one even looked and even if they did I didnt notice. I have suddenly felt so much more confident about my body-weird isnt it, they way your view on life can change?

round 3

2010-05-27T08:21:38Z

Well here I am , getting ready for a mastectomy next tuesday. It'll be the 3rd surgery and I'm quite annoyed! I asked them to do this day 1 and they resisted. So, I said ok a WLE will do. Then, they come back and ask to do more because of further DCIS. I again asked about a mastectomy and they resisted. And THEN, they come back and say, oh actually, we do need to do a mastecomy.

I have had quite a few problems after this latest surgery. The wound opened, the breast became so swollen it was almost twice as big as the other one and the latest is that I have 'an infection' which means taken antibiotics which are playing havoc with my tummy.

Anyway, c'est la vie!

Val

Have decided to write a blog....

2010-05-10T16:20:08Z

So here I am. What I hope will be my last surgery appt on wednesday. I have my first oncology appt on thursday.

Things I've decided in the last week;

1. Do some really nice walks with my husband and kids

2. Get back to Karate

3. Do a course in cake decoration

I have all these ideas which I'm sure will disappear when I start the chemo-but I can hope that I get at least some of it done.