Ahreen

[Ahreen]

I had breast cancer in 2012 had double mastectomy with reconstruction done straight away would love to hear from people who have been through the same , fortunately all I've been left with is chronic nerve pain they call it fybrimialgia , but I'm still smiling 😀

[Jelly21]

Hi thank you for sharing your story what type of reconstruction did you have if you don't mind telling me please. Good for you to keep smiling at least we can all be honest on here xx

[Ahreen in reply to Jelly21]

Hi jelly , I'm now part pig lol I'm not going to say it's been easy but a smile a while keeps me going and there's always someone going through more hell than us keep well and sorry about the lack of full stops and comas takes me long enough to text 😀

[Jelly21 in reply to Ahreen]

Hi Ahreen I know exactly where you are coming from how I leave the house each morning and don't forget where I am going is a miracle xx

[Lainey66]

Hi there, I had a double mastectomy 7 weeks ago tomorrow. I opted not to go for reconstruction and have chosen to live a 'flat' life. My chest is very tight and the left still needs draining via needle aspiration. I had left side lymph nodes removed too. I get nerve pain in that arm, it is more like a feeling that my arm has an open cut running down it. What I find the worst is the after effects of the chemo with very little feeling in my toes and tips of my fingers, also discomfort in the nail beds of my fingers. And - I may need further chemo, I find that out tomorrow. It is the small things and after effects that you don't really consider that I find to be worse than the surgery to remove the cancer itself... Then I still have radiotherapy to go.....ah well, at least I'm here and still smiling ☺

[Ahreen in reply to Lainey66]

Hi lainey, your right we are left with side effects of surgery but thankfully we are still here to enjoy every day up or down it ain't easy and I just think there's always someone worse off 😀

[Jelly21 in reply to Lainey66]

Hi Lainey keep strong with the chemo I did six rounds and when round 5 came I could of told them not playing any more but did it with encouraging family members . When I had radiotherapy I had a bit of a laugh because there were many men with prostate cancer and we all had a bit of a laugh which was good xx