Lili13

Good morning! I've been thinking about you. I came across a sheet I made for myself following surgery with 18 sensations felt after Breast Cancer Surgery. It's meant as humorous as OF COURSE you are going to have some pain sensation following surgery, but I thought I'd share my experience briefly. Afterward, I was treating the pain, per doctor's orders, with alternating acetaminophen (Tylenol) and Ibuprofen. I have a good threshold for pain, still I felt it. Let me know when you are ready for this list. Also, if you do Facebook, there are a couple of pages I will recommend you join. One is just for humor. It really helps. And YOU ARE GOING TO KICK THIS CANCER!!! You got this.

Sheesh, I'm not trying to put bad words on here. So here as some thoughtful alternatives: "Kick cancer's tail." and the feeling is "prickly."

Welcome to the other side of surgery! Here's to recovery and good discoveries. Here's the list of sensations you could be feeling: tender, sore, pulled, ache, painful, twinge, tight, stiff, prick, throb, shoot, tingle, numb, burn, hard, sharp, nag and penetrate. I'm sure there are more, but these are all common feelings with the pain. Here's to good pain maintenance and speedy recovery.

Welcome. I have found great solace and information here. It is good to feel that you are not alone even though you are welcoming people to a club to which no one wishes to belong. My data seems to match yours quite a bit. One difference is they knew going in the size of my tumor (2.2 cm) so my stage was 2 or 2A. I had the lumpectomy a year ago April Three sentinel nodes were also removed with the tumor. Only one node was clear of any sign of cancer. Radiation was that May and June. And I started HT at the end of June so have been on Letrozole (for post menopausal women) for a year. It has been a long slog to get to this point. However, I am feeling so much stronger and hopeful now. I can answer questions and make recommendations based on my experience WHENEVER you have them. I can leave you today with a few recommendations: Always TAKE SOMEONE WITH YOU to all appointments. Stress, fatigue, fear and other things can get in the way of your listening and understanding skills. I have not taken a recorder into an appointment, but I should have when I had to go alone. REACH OUT to organizations like the American Cancer Society and websites like this one. Find people to help you feel heard, understood, and not alone. There is a survivor who lives in my community and she writes me occasional notes. There is a woman in the community I left and to whom I brought food. We are Facebook friends supporting each other there and through occasional letters/notes. There is a young woman in the community in which I grew up. I follow her on Facebook and support her through reading her thoughts and making occasional suggestions. Sharing can be done publicly or privately or both. For me, sharing took away some of the fear and isolation. Be well.

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