AWAKE.........

 Hi, I’m awake! 

I’m here too!

I haven’t posted in this thread until now mainly because every time I’ve found it everyone has already said goodnight lol!  
I’ve had a rough week since surgery last Monday as I reacted badly to the glue he used on my wounds! The surgery was a doddle in comparison to the trauma the reaction has caused me! Has anybody else had that happen? 

On a number of different threads I’ve tried to read through from the beginning or at least skim through to get the gist of the thread & find out a bit about who’s posting... with 1546 pages to this thread I think I might give that idea a miss!!!

Sorry to hear that Nanny Dooie - sounds pretty grim. Didn't have the problem myself. Hope it sorts itself out asap. And you can have a beautiful scar. Several professionals have told me that I have a beautiful scar - hmm, matter of opinion !!

Hi  

I have IBD so had bowel resection bout 20 yr ago so am well used to cameras going where they shouldn’t . This was the national bowl screening programme doesn’t normally bother me .. getting callback from mammogram made me lose complacency. Couple of minutes of Oh sh*t what ifs hope you get back to sleep  

Night night fruit loops, sleep well....glad all was well, Northerner

thinking of all who have ‘stuff’ going on tomorrow and hope all goes well, I’m sure LP will be whizzing around holding hands....including yours, LondonLass. 

sleepy fairy dust for all to help yourself to.....

hugs xxx

Thanks it has been very grim!  It is improving... but only since I peeled all the glue off on Saturday evening! The Go gave me antibiotics on Wednesday although she wasn’t convinced it was an infection & neither was I! I called the breast care nurse on Friday & explained that I thought it was a reaction to the glue so she suggested I moisturise it as it was brittle & cracking. I did & it helped but only very slightly. By late satin the itching was so intense it was painful so I called the ward number I’d been given. I was told there was no Dr available to see me so I’d have to go to a&e! I had a meltdown after hearing that! I called my sister & she calmed me. I creamed it again & started to peel the glue that wasn’t near the wound & then decided in fit a penny in for a pound & rightly or wrongly peeled every last bit of it! It immediately felt better but improvement is slow! The whole area where the glue was is red & sore, there’s a rash & I’ve developed a few blisters! Thankfully they’re not directly on the wound. Two have been quite nasty but the first to appear has improved since yesterday so I’m hoping the second one will improve by tomorrow... hmmm... I definitely do not have beautiful scars! He’s reopened the scar around my right nipple three times now so there’s definitely some puckering going on! And the scar on the left dips in quite a lot! Definitely not the cosmetic look I was hoping for! And quite differing in size although the aim was to hopefully leave me quite even... that didn’t pan out!

My absolute sympathies Nanny - how frustrating for you and worrying too. Fingers crossed for the imporvement tomorrow. You really didn't need this on top of what was already going on, that's for sure.

Thank you , I have to admit I was a bit scared when I peeled it from the wound but in hindsight I’m so glad I did! I mean I probably shouldn’t have done it myself but I couldn’t face a&e on a Saturday evening! I was already beside myself! I can see improvement so I’m happy that although slow I am moving in the right direction... phew! Just praying now that the margins are clear this time otherwise the next step is a mastectomy... after three surgeries already! That’s not how it was supposed to be! But I am grateful that he’s being thorough... silver linings!