I had an appointment with my general surgeon this morning, for a wound check, and complained about the pain on my sides. Its swollen, tender, and feels warm. Dr. O'Neill explained to me that she put 10-20 stitches on my sides to keep my expander's from going to the side. AH - HA! She said she normally doesn't place those stitches in cancer patients but since mine is prophylactic she chose to do that to keep them in place and it also gives me cleavage! I like my little cleavage. lol My wound looks good, everything is healing as it should and in 10 days I will have my first inflation! Its only 50 cc's on each side, but I will take them! I will be posting pictures!!!
As far as my mastectomy is concerned, I feel good. My range of movement is getting better by the day! At times I feel stretching, pulling, and the expander, but it just needs to loosen up and I won't experience that any longer. The same goes for my sides where the stitches are. I notice if I am too active I start swelling. This is normal also. Dr. O'Neill explained that there is a lot of friction and movement going on which causes the swelling. This is a good thing because I am getting stretched out.
My issues with everything really stem from my infection which makes this so frustrating! Fatigue, headaches, nausea, and a bunch of other things. I am taking probiotics for my digestive system and another one to prevent a yeast infection. I have made B12 a big part of my life which has helped with the fatigue and I can't seem to get away from napping. A minimum of 4 weeks left of my treatment, I am definitely counting down!
If I wasn't fighting with my work about paid disability, I would say that today was a really good day. I am confident that it will be getting better and better.
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