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Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other
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That gives me hope! I spoke to the oncologist for the first time today and he said the same thing! He said there's a good chance I won't need chemo and maybe not radiation either. So, don't go buy a wig just yet, he said. My surgeon wants to do the mastectomy within the next 3 weeks and I'm ready to get it overwith. Then they'll study the tumor and decide for sure about chemo. I'm feeling better about it already. I just wonder how long I'll not be able to do anything strenuous. I'm a bowler and found out how much I lost not being able to bowl during the pandemic. Just starting to get back to normal and now this. *sigh*
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It took me about 8- 10 weeks after the bilateral to really be able to move my arms the way I normally do. I did pop a stitch under my arm reaching to get clothes out of my front load washer about 3 weeks after surgery thinking I was fine to do that. So I should have been more careful! That may have set me back. After speaking with my surgeon's office, I was able to heal it on my own with saline and gauze packs. Not sure about bowling tho, you will know when you are ready. One morning you will wake up and think gosh I actually feel like my normal self! I had my morning energy back about 6 weeks after the bilateral but I had fatigue every afternoon and had to take a long nap. I just did all activities I needed to do in the mornings. Then finally 6 months out the fatigue is over. They told me at Mayo that fatigue is a complaint they hear a lot and it's due to a combination of things including what your body has been through and the emotional part of it. I'm sure being 70 has something to do with that also. But that was me, you and others may not experience that. That's good you don't have to wait too long for your surgery and treatment plan. Sending love and healing wishes to you and all on Connect❤️