I suppose it was all going too smoothly. Everything ticking over steadily towards Christmas and The Grand Surgical Experience. A nagging sense of waiting was lurking in the back of my mind but not a major stress. I had a lot to be getting on with but it was all manageable.
It is back to being manageable again and the waters are back to their usual Poldark calm but, for a couple of days, it felt like I was stuck in the…
One week on from my last post and I'm sitting waiting for things to happen. Where are my hot flushes? When is my surgery? Where will I stay after the op? Who's going to shout at me for eating aspirin?
Since last writing, I've taken up a number of things
- stomping around muddy flelds for an hour a day at least, preferably two
- eating Tamoxifen at night and having the *oddest* dreams as the main side effect…
Today, 25 Nov, the nurse specialist phoned me to say that the pathology discussion with the consultant oncologist had decided that I could start Tamoxifen asap and that she would arrange for my GP to prescribe it next week. We discussed side effects: of developing a predisposition to deep vein thrombosis so getting used to wearing flight socks on long trips (which I already do); having menopausal symptoms (which I've…
On 22 Nov I had a discussion with a family member who could unpick my ramblings about mastectomies and reconstructions and he suggested I write to my consultant surgeon to outline exactly what functionality I would want after any operation, and set my unusually isolated domestic scene for post surgical care. This might help the consultant get a clear picture without me forgetting key bits and help him suggest what would…
I got my second biopsies results on Mon 21 Nov from the nurse specialist at the hospital, and to my delight and astonishment they all came out negative. The trainee nurse, sitting in to observe, looked completely thunderstruck and a bit worried as I whooped for joy as each result was read out as nothing showing - the node (B2), the dodgy cells (B1) and the fibroadenoma (B2) - all benign. I did actually say it felt like…
