Lumpectomy mammoplasty

Yeah. You are right at that point..... only six days after surgery, and with no answer yet regarding findings or a treatment plan. The silver lining is that time is on your side in that every day brings you closer to full recovery from surgery and to the needed answers, but I know from experience that knowing this does not always necessarily help cope with the here and now. 

I hope things start to get better soon. An improvement even on just one front can affect the other aspects for the better.

As for the low energy, perhaps you could ask your nurse if it would be ok for you to take some low-dose vitamin supplements or she could have some other good advice to offer.

Thank you very much Grey cats for your empathy. I am feeling a little better today. I think I had over exerted the operated side and had a small haematoma or just fluid that is going down a lot so less uncomfortable. I am left handed and that is the side with the Mammoplasty so I have to be careful. It is feeling a little less uncomfortable by the day and I spoke to a very nice Macmillan nurse after the hospital well meaning sad one, and she gave me a bit of direction which is what it is about in these floundering and waiting times. The low energy is a lot to do with the antibiotics that I am on day 5 of 7 of. I will feel a lot better once I have finished with them. I also slept well which makes such a difference so will go back out for a walk today.

So glad you are feeling better. I had a mammpolasty and it does take a while to settle. Keep topped up with any painkillers  you had from the hospital. I found this useful at night, being a side sleeper.

Do the arm exercises too. Starting slow and building  as at my radiotherapy planning appointment, being able to easily position my arm above my head was useful.

Good luck with your results. Try not to look too far ahead , not easy I know x

Thank you. That is good advice. I am a side sleeper too and the bandage was starting to come off this morning in places and this surgeon is quite fussy and doesn't want it removed or touched until he does it next week. In principal I agree with him because it looks like he has done a very tidy job and  the last thing that is needed is tape being removed before its time and disturbing wound and scar. So I have patched them up and may even sleep with my bra on. They did not give me a prosthesis so I just ordered something from Amazon today and that should help the flapping around. I am keeping myself topped up with paracetamol and ibuprofen... one of each as and when, and I am keeping up with the shoulder exercises that feel good when I do them and got out for a daily walk to the shop with my daughter and even braved covid and went for lunch in the local tearoom. It felt human again. I don't feel as nervous now as I did before the operation even though this pathology result will be, arguably, the most crucial. x

Glad you are feeling better and not as worried. 

I had a couple of bras for post surgery but found them uncomfortable for sleeping.

I finished up buying a couple of sleep bras. These are really soft cotton with gentle  support. 

I bought one to see how it went and then a second after a bit of a road test. It pulls over your head but by the time I bought them my arm movement was sufficient for me to pull it on.

There are lots of brands, I went for a marks and sparks.

It provided just enough support to make side sleeping more comfortable.

My usual size is 38c. My right boob is  smaller post surgery. I bought a size 16 and as the fabric has stretch it supported both left and right  sides. The things we have to do x

I bought a bra enlarger that hooks onto the back and makes it bigger. I slept with it at maximum size last night and it helped with the rolling from side to side. Still not very comfortable. I wish the nurses had mentioned sleep bras to me. Thank you.  My left boob is much smaller now but he is going to even up the right in a year (on the NHS). It seems like a lot to go through again right now but they really are so different and the reconstructed one looks great. So I will go for it. My main discomfort is a lump of fluid, I think, above the incision on the outside of my boob. I hope they drain the fluid. The nurse did not want to touch it Friday and said it would go away on its own but it hasn't budged in over a week of course. It isn't just going away.

How were your pathology results? Are you on chemo or hormones? I will definitely be on hormones. Chemo is still uncertain as I haven't got my results yet. 

I am trying to lose a bit of weight as I have been warned some women gain weight on the hormones.