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
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