Dearest Em,
hmm, doesn’t mean it? But it keeps happening. I am not judging, really, just concerned for you and your safety.
to answer your questions, yes I have been cancer free since, I have a mammogram and u,trasound annually. The breast is full of hard scar tissue, so I wouldn’t know if there was a new lump there or not. It can be painful and aches nearly all the time. I am booked for my next ultrasound soon.
mine was on the right side, so not through the heart with the radiotherapy, but I got some lung inflammation at the time, but it settled and is fine. I still have a red mark on the breast from the therapy. In fact the boob looks a bit of a disaster area, but I am used to it.
the lymphoedemA was in the breast and did not go down the arm, it has not come back at all thank goodness. Apparently with sentinel nodes on,y being removed the lymphoedemA is more likely to be in the breast. If you have all the lymph nodes down the arm stripped then it is more likely to occur in the arm and not the breast. The physio I had was really good and did not stop treatment until it had resolved.
i do understand the situation you are in and how marriage can be. I admire your loyalty and what a good wife you are. I feel an affinity with you too. I feel we woukd be good friends if we actually met. I am able to sit quietly with someone and do not need to be entertained. I am fairly introverted but can have my wilder moments.
Keep resting up and just heal.
I don’t know about the smell, poor you, so long as it is not an infection in the wound or the skin? But the doctor has checked it. If the movement is restricted it could just be sweat in skin folds. Talk to the breast care nurse. I would be concerned about it.
well dear Em. Hopefully you are asleep by now. You are in my thoughts and care
love peri
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