Today’s the day! UPDATE

All the best.

Keep drinking, eat well and move a little and often when you can. You will hate having your first shower, but will feel so much better after it.

Tilt the bed under your knees, it helps so much take the pressure of your ebdomen. xx

Love Nina. x

Good luck smashy. I hope everything goes ok for you..just follow the advice you have been given and you should be fine..a bit uncomfortable but it's a positive uncomfortable. Keeping you in my thougs and prayers . Let us know how it went when you feel up to posting. Love and hugs. Lamb.xxx 

Good luck smashy, take it easy and listen to your body and you will be fine

lots of love 

xxx

Good Luck

I had my hysterectomy 3 weeks ago now and am doing really well. It’s not half as bad as you might think.  Get the first week over and get rid of all the gas in your belly and you’ll improve day by day.  After the first week I took a little walk just a few yards outside the front door and felt so much better I’m now walking round the block every day.  It’s amazing how much better you feel just knowing the op is out of the way. xx

I’m just coming up to a year since I was diagnosed with cancer. So far the prognosis is good. I came out of hospital with a drainage tube coming out of me, couldn’t sit properly due to where my cancers was, facing yet more appointments and further treatment. But now I have kind of forgotten the discomfort and how ill I felt and I am much stronger. I am amazed at how the time has gone so quick. So when you feel down, have a goal. I always made sure I had washed my hair when I had hospital appointments and made an effort with my appearance, it just makes you feel better. I still get twinges in my groin as I had lymph nodes removed but as I get told,listen to your body. You wonder will you ever feel normal again but you will, whatever”normal” is. 

Good luck

lots of love

Rahman

x

Hello,

i am having my lymph nodes removed have you had any problems.

i was also diagnosed a year ago.

I hope everything has gone alright for you , and that your recovering well from your op.

Gentle hugs your way

I have developed some lymphodema (10%) in one leg. I knew something wasn’t right when standing in the kitchen my legs ached after a few minutes and my thighs felt heavy. When I mentioned it to community nurse she jumped onto things straight and had me at the doctors being checked for a clot that day, it wasn’t that was the good news. It was lymphodemia . The issue I had was getting it followed up and I felt I had to keep pushing for a physio referral. Once I got to see physio my lady is great She taught me how to do massage correctly, it’s gentle stroking, and I have been wearing a pressure stocking for 6 weeks now. That makes such a difference! Not exactly a sexy stocking but it does what it needs to do! I have even worn a skirt whilst wearing it but it was a longer one. I’m back seeing her again this week so it’s still ongoing. I have got back going to Pilates once a week and certain routines I find uncomfortable as it pulls in my groin. And I cannot stand on one foot doing balance work but I was always rubbish at that, just worse now! At firstI was upset at the prospect of swollen legs, it was vanity thing. Now I do my massaging daily , wear my stocking and look after myself, not for vanity, it makes me feel more comfortable and that is what we’re aiming for. If you feel tightness in your legs and feet push for help sooner rather than later you will feel better for the advice. Oh and lie on the sofa feet elevated and get waited on, and if you fall asleep and snore, who cares!. I don’t ask my husband to do massaging, he’s far to heavy handed! Get someone with gentle hands  You may be fine but I know a couple of other ladies who had lymph nodes removed due to breast cancer and they have had a few issues  so I suspect it’s adjustments our bodies have to make. My surgeotold me post operation that he removes lymph nodes as a routine part of the surgery , done deal! I feel stronger each week and I hope that you do too as we’re running on similar timescales. If you wt to ask anything more feel free. For the record I was one of those that reacted to the back up treatment quite extensively fingers crossed you have better luck

Hi, hope you’re doing good, maybe a bit sickly, (I threw up in front of consultant ). Each day you’ll feel a bit better make that your mantra.