Topic: Anyone having surgery in July 2012 - want to wait together?

Jul 11, 2012 12:53 PM Blessings2011 wrote:

CookieMonster - thinking of you today!!!!! (And sandpiper1 and lovemysamoyed!!!)

Prayers for successful procedures, quick recoveries, and good healing!!!

Jul 11, 2012 07:45 PM Susiell wrote:

Hi everyone, I just found out today that my uni MX is scheduled for July 24.  This has been quite a whirlwind. I was diagnosed July 3, found out what I actually had on July 9, went for preop today and met with the plastic surgeon, and found out my surgery date. My head is spinning, but believe it or not in a good way.  I guess I havent had time to really process the fact that I have cancer, since it's gonna be gone in less than a month (god or whoever willing).  I'm not even anticipating radiation since initial scans revealed no lymph node involvement.  I'm actually looking forward to the lift my non cancerous left breast is going to get!  Is that normal???

Anyway, since I am a July surgery girl, just wanted to say hi to you all and that my thoughts are with EVERYONE here.  

Jul 11, 2012 09:43 PM CookieMonster wrote:

Hi everyone. Surgery went fine today - or so the PS told me afterwards. I'm having twinges of pain here and there, but nothing requiring pain meds.

Surgery was 8:30-12:30 or so I'd guess. I remember being in recovery a bit before 1 pm. We left the surgery center around 2 pm, picked up DS from camp around 2:20 and headed home. I was feeling groggy and uncomfortable so slept on the couch all afternoon. 

I hope my surgery sisters are recovering well too.

Welcome Susiell - Today's surgery for me was a lift and reduction on the non cancerous side for me. Are you getting the lift at the same time as the MX? If so, lucky you, I didn't. In fact it's about 7 months after my UMX. What type of reconstruction are you having?

Looks like there's no surgeries on our list for tomorrow. Best wishes to you, Jules1018, for Friday.

Jul 11, 2012 10:05 PM lisamarie68 wrote:

Thanks for inviting me cookie monster , I am scheduled for my exchange tomorrow morning at 7 am .. scared to death but happy to get these terriable TE's out .. they are so hard and so uncomfortable ... anyway ty again for the support .. squishys tomorrow ..  :) and hopefully the end of this darn cancer journey for me .. 

Jul 11, 2012 11:40 PM Susiell wrote:

Thanks cookiemonster. For some reason I think i am getting the lift at the same time. But actually can't remember the details of that. One more question on the list before surgery. Just so thrilled that this is shaping up to be so much easier than i first anticipated. As I'm sure you can appreciate, these past 10 days, from initial diagnosis to the initial consult with the PS, have been the worst of my life. So when some good news finally comes along you just latch onto it for dear life!

Jul 12, 2012 08:19 AM jpmomof3 wrote:

Lutienyc, good luck! I hope it won't be as bad was you think, it almost never is! And soon you will be done! I will be in your shoes in 11 days.

Lisamarie, best wishes. Glad that this will be the last big step in your BC journey.

Glad you are done cookie, hope the recovery is fast! By the list on you profile you are a pro at this by now... I hope this is the end of your cancer journey too.

Jul 12, 2012 12:19 PM Jules1018 wrote:

Hey there all! I have been so busy with this trip. First off I want to send prayers a positive thoughts to everyone recovering from surgery. I also want to send calming thoughts and prayers to everyone waiting for surgery. My big day is tomorrow. I have been getting my injections since monday. Met with thrombo clinic and ps. Sounds like they are going to finish the things they couldnt do during the 1st surgery. I am hoping they will get rid of the hard scar adhesions in my stomache. He is nervous that I will scar like that all over so is hesitant in that aspect. Nervous but tired we had our fun family day yesterday and we are lounging around so far today. The kids were very surprised, which added to the excitement.

Jul 12, 2012 05:26 PM lisamarie68 wrote:

Good Luck lutinyc , I hope u are now resting and feeling okay sending u soft healing hugs ..

I am doing wonderful my surgery went well its amazing the difference .. so long crappy TE's hello Foobs .. it's an amazing automatic relief ..

Thanks Cookie Monster for introducing me to this thread Hugs

Also I worked all night and went straight to surgery this am .. so I think it's Nap time .. Much Love and Hugs to u all  

Jul 12, 2012 09:45 PM Blessings2011 wrote:

Hi, C-squared! Gosh, I didn't start fills until a month out from my BMX! I guess the PS just wanted everything to heal more before he started.

As for the fills pain, the motto for many ladies here is "Low and Slow"...in other words, there is no minimum amount you HAVE to be filled, nor is there any set timeline.

And at the time of your fills, if you feel it's too much, ask the PS to remove some saline. They can do that.

As for pain afterwards, I found that having DH massage my back muscles, then taking a nice warm shower before bedtime really helped, and if I needed it, I had Valium, which worked better than any of the muscle relaxers I had.

If you're using heat or ice, just make sure it's not on your sensitive, thin, breast skin where you have diminished feeling. That could be dangerous.

Hopefully, the pain won't last for more than a day. If it does, tell your PS, and slow down.

Hope you feel better soon!

Jul 12, 2012 11:12 PM Jules1018 wrote:

Tomorrow is the day (about 6 hrs till check in) and I am lying here awake trying to think calming thoughts. You would think that I would be calm after all the surgeries I have had. I am shaking in my boots so to say.
C-squared I agree go slow and at your pace. I ended up a smidge bigger than I wanted without realizing it. I also agree a good back rub may help.
Cookie- and all the Wonderful Ladies---------thank you for this site. It is wonderful to be able to chat with people who get what we are going through. I act big and tough even nonchalant about this but at times like earlier for instance I want to go to a quiet place and cry because at 30 I should still have my breast I was born with and should not be dealing with my medical issues. But then I stop take a deep breathe and realize that I am blessed and that as my Grandma use to say "This to shall pass". I am proud to have met and gone through all I have no matter how hard it has been because I feel like I am growing as a person and really starting to realize what is truly important in life, family, friends, laughter and taking your time (still rush practically everywhere though)

Jul 13, 2012 12:41 AM tamlis wrote:

I will be thinking of you tomorrow Jules1018...praying all goes well

Jul 13, 2012 02:10 AM SheChirple wrote:

Julia - hang in there. Once over the recovery is not bad.  I am nervous about my 7/23 surgery and will try to remember to say a little prayer for you.

I finally feel close to putting this behind me, but I know it's never really behind......I just want the TEs gone.

Jul 13, 2012 05:22 AM Hoya03mom wrote:

Ramols thanks for the wise words and hope each day brings you less pain and more healing.

12 days and counting. Everyone says they are so impressed with how I am handling all this. I don't feel like I can even complain with sister dying with stage 4 and I am stage 0. Find my eyes leaking at night and when I am alone in the car. Wonder if I should write letters to my husband and son just in case. Did find bright new shiny penny yesterday so maybe it will bring good luck. A bit scared and overwhelmed but doing it so I will be alive to see my grandchildren someday. Sorry for rambling. Thinking of all who were operated on this week and hoping all recovering and getting good pathology reports

Jul 13, 2012 08:23 AM 25weeks wrote:

Hi everyone--
Wanted to give an update regarding my ALND & port placement on Tuesday morning. Everything went as expected & I was headed home by 2pm. The car ride home seemed more uncomfortable than it should have been & I noticed that when I changed positions from reclining to sitting up or vice versa, I had a sharp pain in lower inside part of left lung. But I had similar pain after the bmx & recon with TEs, so I assumed it was some more of the same tightness & chest pain.

Before bed, I had decided that something wasn't right. When I stood up from reclining on the couch all evening, the sharp pain was definite & I could feel gurgling & popping & it felt like I had a new pulse in that same spot at inside lower left lung near my rib cage.

I already had an oncologist appt the next morning (wed), so I figured I'd let her take a listen. Well, she did & sent me for a stat chest X-ray (her office is in the hospital). They wheeled me back to her office where I waited for the results, chatting it up with a nice lady who was there to get chemo. I waited at least 30 minutes until my oncologist came urgently walking toward me collecting my things on the way. She leaned over me & said well, you have a pneumothorax, and a pretty sizable one at that. I'm taking you to the ER immediately. The ER staff started working urgently around me and I heard someone mention an 80% pneumothorax (collapsed lung). The pain I had felt up until that point was nothing compared to having a chest tube placed, then having my lung reinflate. Excruciating is all I can say.

I'm stuck here in the hospital now with the chest tube hoping my lung heals on its own. The thoracic surgeon who placed the tube says he will give it until Monday to heal itself before we have to consider surgery. This totally sucks ladies.

One positive I did learn was that none of the 12 nodes that she removed during my ALND had any signs of cancer. Woo hoo!

Hope the rest of you are recovering nicely. And if you suspect something is not right, have it checked out ASAP. ;)

My best to those of you still waiting. You all are in my thoughts!!
Hugs,
Tricia

Jul 13, 2012 05:35 PM Aruba wrote:

Hi ladies,  guess I am gonna jump in with lightning speed.  I had 1st ever call back on mammo, U/S, biopsy all in last 10 days.   Got call that I have 1cm IDC last night.  Met with Surgeon today and am having lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy next Friday the 20th.  Barely have time to get my head around this but maybe that is a good thing.  I am ER+,PR+, HER2-  ...grade 2 but dr. said 70% are grade 2 until they get it out and can study what they have.  So guess, I'll calm down and start reading the surgery thread...spent last few days reading what if thread.  Hate to be here, but glad there is so much support to be had.