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Tuesday 17th August
Just a quick appointment today to find the results of my lymph nodes.....Yeeeeey, they are clear!Then I got told I would be having a wide incision lumpectomy on Wednesday 1st September.I also received...
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Monday 23rd August Pre-op assesment
Back to Jasmine suite again today, This time, we weren't waiting very long, a nurse came round and called my name, and both my husband and myself followed her to her office.She explained that she was a...
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Tuesday 24th August MRI Scan
We left early to get to Nottingham hospital in plenty of time to find the MRI unit.... We got to the hospital in plenty of time, but once there, we kept getting lost trying to find the right...
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Friday 27th August MRI Results
We turned up at the Jasmine suite on time for a change, signed in at reception and sat down to wait... My final set of results, This is my last appointment before my surgery next Wednesday.... Thank...
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Tuesday 31st August
Today I made a decision to take a bit of control, I have decided that as I am having a mastectomy, my hair will be too long to manage so I am going to make an appointment to get it cut... I think this...
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Wednesday 1st September HAIRCUT
Today is the day I was first given for my surgery. Unfortunately it was cancelled.Today I went to get my hair cut..... I was so scared because my hair is my crowning glory but knew I had to be...
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Friday 3rd September RESULTS
Finally after all this waiting... I am going to get my final set of results.... Ever since I first found this lump it has been just tests... results.... more tests... more results... it's a never...
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Tuesday 7th September Results (again)
Another lousy night's sleep... I have been throwing up for the last 24 hours.... I haven't even been able to keep a cup of tea down I have been that nervous about finally getting my results. Especially...
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Wednesday 8th September
I have just had a phone call From Jenna (The registrar) it turns out that they have my results today....After all that messing around and upset, the lab managed to get them sorted for today.I feel a...
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Wednesday Continued... Final results
We got to the Jasmine suite and signed in at reception (new receptionist) and sat down to wait, I can't begin to explain how I felt... excited and a bit scared, because I was finally going to find out...
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Thurday 9th September
I am still trying to get my head round the decisions I have to make.How can I make that decision.... ?Although it was a shock being told that I have to have a mastectomy of my right breast.... It made...
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Thurday 9th September (continued)
It's been a very strange day today.... my head has been all over the place, I have got all sorts going through my head today..... but I know I have got to make a real decision... and the worse things...
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Friday 10 September
Barbara came today... She sat down and listened to what I had decided, and she listened to my reasons for coming to the decision.. and she agreed that she thought I had made the right decision for...
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Saturday 11th September
What a strange day this has been..... I can't really describe how I feel because I don't really know myself.... but I will give it a go.I feel very calm...... strangely calm in fact, I feel like I...
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Monday 13th September
Yesterday just went past in kind of a haze... I sat there kind of numb all day.today Dave told me that he has read my last entry, After reading it back, it looks like I am saying that I am alone... but...
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Wednesday 15th september SURGERY
7.30am and we are up on ward G5, the receptionist shows us to my bed and tells us that a nurse will be along in a bit to book me in properly... and then she left us, Me and Dave put all my things away...
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Thursday 16th September
I didn't write anything about last night as, to be honest, I don't really remember too much about it.... I know I was sick when I came round after the anesthetic, and I remember my gorgeous husband and...
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Friday 17th September GOING HOME
Another bad night... hardly any sleep and generally feeling crappy.Everybody in my room went home yesterday so I am all on my own in here, I heard the usual noises about 6ish but nobody came to my...
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Monday 20th September
Today is the day I am supposed to get my drains taken out, even though they were really full yesterday (over 300ml in each) and they are pretty full today as well (250ml in each) but they are so...
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Tuesday 28th September
Today is the day I get the results from my sentinel node biopsy, and we will also find out what happens next as far as my treatment goes.As we get to the hospital and start walking to the Jasmine...
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Sunday 3rd September
Every day I seem to get more and more depressed, I think that could have a lot to do with the fact that my pain killers don't seem to be working, even though I have doubled them up, and I still can't...
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Tuesday 5th October
Why can't I stop crying?I seem to be crying all the time for no reason, the doctor gave me some new painkillers yesterday, but they still don't take the pain away, I feel sick when ever I try to eat...
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Saturday 6th November
Well it's been just over a month since i put anything on my blog, so I think it's time to catch you all up on what has been happening.I went back and finally saw the oncologist (Dr Ramm) he told me...
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Monday 8th February.
Well I better give you all a quick catch up on what has been happening.About 6 weeks after my operation I found some messages on my husbands computer... from another woman... love messages between the...
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