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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 7, 2018 at 5:33 pm
(January 7, 2018 at 5:11 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: (January 7, 2018 at 4:28 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Thank you love. <3
My biggest thing right now as far as recovery goes is the nausea, constipation, fatigue, and abdominal pain. Since they pierced through my ab muscle, any movement of my torso hurts. You don't realize how much you use your abdominals lol. You really do use them for everything. Mainly turning over in bed hurts and getting up out of bed to go to the bathroom.
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My surgery was definitely less intense than yours: I had a double mastectomy without reconstruction so no muscles were cut aside from removing the fascia. My recovery is mostly my skin healing back to itself and waiting for range of motion to come back.
I was on enough antibiotics to give me some gnarly diarrhea though, and I have quite a bit of nausea day to day, but I'm not bed ridden or anything. I have a bit of muscle fatigue too, and I'm trying to work it out by going for walks add much as I can but with this being Oregon it's rainy out and waking on a treadmill isn't the same.
The hardest part of my recovery is the anxiety right now. As long as I was in chemo I felt like I was doing something proactive, I had major anxiety pre-surgery because I've never done anything like that before and I have issues regarding bodily integrity, and now I'm in this weird limbo with the question of radiation so out there and questions about the future lingering.
Uh, I need to go eat something or take a nausea pill... I'll try the former first.
I ordered some probiotics to combat the effects of the antibiotics on my stomach, but they don't get here until tomorrow. I recently got some bananas and fiber bars to help with the poop situation.
I can certainly understand and empathize with the anxiety. We really need to trust that we are in good hands with our doctor, and it's hard to feel like we are not in total control.
My mother in law had a double mastectomy several years back but got a reconstruction all in the same surgery. She was in a world of pain because the muscle had to stretch for the implant underneath. Do you plan on doing a reconstruction at any point?
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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 7, 2018 at 5:45 pm
(January 7, 2018 at 5:33 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: (January 7, 2018 at 5:11 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: My surgery was definitely less intense than yours: I had a double mastectomy without reconstruction so no muscles were cut aside from removing the fascia. My recovery is mostly my skin healing back to itself and waiting for range of motion to come back.
I was on enough antibiotics to give me some gnarly diarrhea though, and I have quite a bit of nausea day to day, but I'm not bed ridden or anything. I have a bit of muscle fatigue too, and I'm trying to work it out by going for walks add much as I can but with this being Oregon it's rainy out and waking on a treadmill isn't the same.
The hardest part of my recovery is the anxiety right now. As long as I was in chemo I felt like I was doing something proactive, I had major anxiety pre-surgery because I've never done anything like that before and I have issues regarding bodily integrity, and now I'm in this weird limbo with the question of radiation so out there and questions about the future lingering.
Uh, I need to go eat something or take a nausea pill... I'll try the former first.
I ordered some probiotics to combat the effects of the antibiotics on my stomach, but they don't get here until tomorrow. I recently got some bananas and fiber bars to help with the poop situation.
I can certainly understand and empathize with the anxiety. We really need to trust that we are in good hands with our doctor, and it's hard to feel like we are not in total control.
My mother in law had a double mastectomy several years back but got a reconstruction all in the same surgery. She was in a world of pain because the muscle had to stretch for the implant underneath. Do you plan on doing a reconstruction at any point?
No reconstruction for me, and if radiation actually happens one reconstruction option will be of the table (implants) because my skin will lose its elasticity. I'd have to do fat grafts if I did reconstruction.
It's easiest to do reconstruction at the same time as the mastectomy - only one surgery to remove tissue and do the inserts for the expanders.
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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 7, 2018 at 5:57 pm
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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 8, 2018 at 4:37 am
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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 8, 2018 at 5:41 am
I'm feeling OK, just started work again in the new year, so.
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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 8, 2018 at 6:19 am
I'm feeling sad, just sad...
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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 8, 2018 at 6:38 am
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I'm sorry, Kitty. Sad sucks.
I'll try to scrounge up a joke and post it joke time. Maybe that'll cheer you up. 
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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 8, 2018 at 7:27 am
(January 8, 2018 at 6:38 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: I'm sorry, Kitty. Sad sucks.
I'll try to scrounge up a joke and post it joke time. Maybe that'll cheer you up.
Thank you Vulcanlogician, you're very kind to me, such a friend is a treasure ... I hope you'll always be around!😊
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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 8, 2018 at 8:48 am
Slightly happy because i love this thread title. Meow is my favorite word. It needs to be admired and appreciated more. Meow.
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RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
January 8, 2018 at 5:11 pm
(January 7, 2018 at 3:58 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: (January 7, 2018 at 12:11 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Two days post op. Recovering from surgery at the moment.
What did you have surgery for? I hope you have an easy and fast recovery. Aloha Clueless Morgan:
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We can even invent a drink called "The Pink Ribbon" using pomegranate juice, vodka and a lime. I'm sure the distributers and distillers will give us all the support we need including advertising.
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