Well up at 5.15am ready for surgery. Got to Hospital at 6.50am. It was the longest day ever. I waited until 3.30pm before they took me down. The worst part was no food or water all day, and I ended up with a migraine, but they let me have some Paracetamol with a sip of water at about 2pm.
My consultant came to see me first thing and marked me up ready for surgery, see my tattoo picture below. I then had to go for my 'nuclear injections' - ouchie! These
... went into the side of each areola so it travelled through the Lymphatic System. Then, once I had the general anaesthetic, they would inject a blue dye so the surgeon could find my lymph nodes. I will have blue boobs for a few months and blue wee for a few days (pictures below) lol!
My care team were amazing and I was laughing until I fell asleep, woke up in recovery and didn't stop talking lol! I had all sorts of drugs including Morphine
grin emoticon I had cheese and crackers and lots of tea, biscuits and water - I was ravenous!
I didn't expect to be let home that night but I got home about 10pm. It was nice to be in my own bed. My opioid medication is very good, but there is no way I could drive even if I was allowed to hehe! It's that good while on the way home I said I'd had 'keem kackers and cheese' to eat which was funny.
Tim and I were chatting in the car on the way home about a lady I was speaking to just before we left the ward. I said she'd had a mastectomy and Tim asked "single?", to which I replied "no she's married" pmsl!
I met some lovely ladies today going through the same thing and all dealing with it in different ways. Annie told me I was too young for this and she would always think about me bless her xx
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Blue wee teehee!
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After surgery on the ward
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Just before leaving hospital
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My blue boobs
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My tattoos lol!
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