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DarkSuitsSadSongs · 07/08/2025 22:46

I'm home alone with my 12 year old twins as my husband is working away and not due back until tomorrow evening. He's about 6 hours away.

Over the last few days I've had a painful boil under my boob. I saw the GP today as it doubled in size overnight. There is a red circle around it. She prescribed doxycycline (2 a day) and said to phone back if it gets worse.

I've been getting more and more unwell. My left arm has started tingling, I'm sweating with cold hands and feet, the pain is indescribable and I'm exhausted. I slept for 6 hours this afternoon and I'm still utterly exhausted and all my joints hurt.

I've had to phone my father in law who is an hour away to come through to sit with the twins. I'm on hold to 111 but a 45 minute wait to call answer as a minimum they said.

I'm not sure whether just to call a taxi when FIL gets here to go straight to accident and emergency.

I'm a little freaked out at how unwell I feel.

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LakieLady · 10/08/2025 10:31

Hope you had a good night and are feeling better this morning, OP.

By the sound of it, the care in Scottish hospitals is a lot better than we southerners generally get. They seem to be taking really good care of you.

rainbowruthie · 10/08/2025 10:53

Hoping for good things for you today

Lostfidgetcube · 10/08/2025 11:17

Hope you're well this morning OP

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DarkSuitsSadSongs · 10/08/2025 11:21

I'm home.

It was a disgusting night. It popped again just after my morphine. Nurse cleaned it and redressed it. 5 seconds after that it went again. New dressing and then again. It was like a sketch show of disgusting. Finally fell asleep and woke up at 4am to her trying to change the dressing without waking me. Apparently she had tried ro gently wake me bless her but I was zonked. Thankfully no more leaking so far.

Dr had a look this morning and says it's looking good though he thinks more fluid will come out. DH has been shown how to gently clean and dress it since I can't see it well. I have clinic on Tuesday for a check and oral antibiotics to take for the next 5 days.

There was a load of whispering and giggling from the back seat on the way home. Got home to find a welcome home banner on the living room door. On my bed was a wicker basket filled with goodies; pistachios, jelly sweets, another new pair of pyjamas and 2 beanie bears which the twins had spent their own money on (I'll need to try and sneak some cash into their piggybanks).

I'm in bed with a cup of coffee and DD snuggled in as we watch Miss Marple. She is very quiet and won't leave my side. I think she is worried something will happen to me. Poor girlie.

Oh and the house is spotless. The cleaner did come on Friday but it usually looks like a bomb site by Sunday. We have clean bedding on and the twins proudly showed me their bedrooms which they cleaned (I suspect DH did most of DDs).

Food shopping has all been done.

So glad to be home. Still tender and so tired but finally feel a bit more like myself.

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CustardySergeant · 10/08/2025 11:24

Wow! What a wonderful homecoming! I'm so pleased for you and hope you feel 100% very soon. 💐

ReadingSoManyThreads · 10/08/2025 11:26

I'm so glad your family has made a good effort to welcome you home!

I'm really gutted to not have photos of all the popping aftermath though 😆

I'll have to watch some videos of these things on youtube later haha

Purplebunnie · 10/08/2025 11:29

Oh I'm in tears, what a wonderful welcome home

Hugs to your DH and DC

And extra hugs to you, you've been through a heck of a lot the last couple of days

AutumnLover1989 · 10/08/2025 11:30

Lovely update OP 🙂 💐

Piknik · 10/08/2025 11:33

So glad you are on the mend and that you have come home to so much love and care.

Your welcome hom sounds lovely and should serve as an example of how Proper Men treat their partners who have been unwell/in hospital. I'm sick of reading about shit men and this has cheered me up!

TheTealBee · 10/08/2025 11:38

What a lovely welcome home! Your family sound lovely and caring. I hope you are soon back to full health, take care and enjoy being looked after.

Dodie66 · 10/08/2025 11:40

He’s a keeper OP. What a nice thing to do. He's really looking after you. Glad you are home and hope you continue to improve. Big hugs xx

Letsgoforaskip · 10/08/2025 11:44

What a wonderful family you have. I hope you soon feel much better. What an ordeal you have been through. So glad you are being pampered and hope your recovery goes smoothly now. ☕️💐

TSW12 · 10/08/2025 11:49

Wonderful, thank you for keeping your thread updated. Hope your ordeal is now over. Enjoy your pampering and gentle hugs. I hope your recovery is trouble free.

Ohnobackagain · 10/08/2025 11:51

I know you’ve had an awful time @DarkSuitsSadSongs but so glad to read your home coming post where your family have rallied round to make a big effort and fuss. Lovely to hear of their efforts and being back to clean bedding and tidy house 🥰

SummerCanDoOne · 10/08/2025 11:52

Glad you're back and recovery at home - your family sound lovely too. Take it easy and get well soon 💐

Thaawtsom · 10/08/2025 11:56

Aw, thanks for posting. Glad you are home, and well done your family. Hope it's all an easy ride from here.

Clearinguptheclutter · 10/08/2025 11:58

Fantastic
I am so pleased you are home and that your dh has stepped up. Certainly when I have been ill I have generally been looked after but of course the housework has always been neglected

Kreepture · 10/08/2025 12:02

been reading but not posting, glad you're home OP, please look after yourself.

I have HS (nasty inflammatory thing that causes skin abscesses) and you have my sympathy, i know how painful and horrendous they can be, take your time with getting up and about, they take a while to heal!

Delphiniumandlupins · 10/08/2025 12:03

What a lovely family you have. Hope your recovery continues apace. Although not great at the start, your hospital care sounds pretty good. How poignant that you received such great care because you were in a unit that mostly deals with cancer and it was actually over-resourced. And full marks to the restorative powers of a white pudding supper (I make a stuffing for my Christmas turkey that's similar to a white pudding).

DarkSuitsSadSongs · 10/08/2025 12:12

Delphiniumandlupins · 10/08/2025 12:03

What a lovely family you have. Hope your recovery continues apace. Although not great at the start, your hospital care sounds pretty good. How poignant that you received such great care because you were in a unit that mostly deals with cancer and it was actually over-resourced. And full marks to the restorative powers of a white pudding supper (I make a stuffing for my Christmas turkey that's similar to a white pudding).

The nurse did say it's usually busy. Not manic like general surgery wards but at capacity. I just got 'lucky' and was admitted during a quieter period. And then she laughed and said she's likely jinxed it now.

I wonder if it was because it was over a weekend. So planned surgery clinics not running.

Certainly the last time I had a drain on the other boob I was in the general surgery ward - presumably because the breast surgery ward was full.

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Crazymayfly · 10/08/2025 12:15

I’m so pleased you’re on the mend, and what a beautiful welcome home! What a lovely caring family you have 💓

27TimesAway · 10/08/2025 12:39

ReadingSoManyThreads · 10/08/2025 11:26

I'm so glad your family has made a good effort to welcome you home!

I'm really gutted to not have photos of all the popping aftermath though 😆

I'll have to watch some videos of these things on youtube later haha

Oh thank heavens someone else said it about photos!

Glad you are home OP.

Carprang · 10/08/2025 12:44

Ah that’s such a lovely homecoming for you ❤️❤️❤️ You have a VERY thoughtful family ❤️❤️❤️

DarkSuitsSadSongs · 10/08/2025 12:44

27TimesAway · 10/08/2025 12:39

Oh thank heavens someone else said it about photos!

Glad you are home OP.

I wish I had thought to take a photo of the t shirt I was wearing for the first pop. It was fascinatingly gross. Its gone off to be incinerated. RIP t shirt.

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lifeonmars100 · 10/08/2025 12:56

What a beautiful homecoming, brought a tear to my eye. Love, rest, and treats are such good medicine.