Zombie's journey with breast cancer

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The thread that Val started has now been moved to General Health. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/general_health/2016081-Zombie-needs-her-limbs-holding?msgid=46439734

Please keep posting there if you wish.

As most of you know, I'm having my second mastectomy on Thursday. I will almost certainly need to have more chemotherapy.

This is my thread for those who wish to walk beside me on my journey.

Here's to a sparkling clean Zombie!

Even if that is a oxymoron

Glad to hear your news zombie.
How is your friend doing?

Thanks all.

Ginger, all I've heard is from her partner about lunchtime. She was out of recovery and sleeping off the anaesthetic. The really good news is that that means she had a general anaesthetic and not a local. Her surgeon often gives these injections under a local but he had told her that would still be too painful for her and she should have a general. But when she got all the admission info from the hospital they were talking about a local. Ally was really worried about that but sounds like it went well.

Zombie so is it a nice neat smiley scar? I hope so lovely way of putting it. You are so relentlessly upbeat. So strong and lovely. My god does it do me good to read your posts. Thank you xxxxxxx

Shall we put it to a vote, Hearts?

What a wonderful neat and tidy scar, they have done a brilliant job ! Are you happy with it ?

Very happy, mummy!!

Hurray for the Zombie and her smiley scar :)

And for bats. Hurray for them too xxx

fuckyou chrisandthathorse

Just to say i fucking love your name

Read your thread while you were playing the waiting game

How does Zombie manage such a wrinkle free abdomen?

That's what I want to know. You...you... Zombie you xxx

Thank you for being so brave and posting your pictures. They reminded me of these amazing photos that I originally saw last year mastectomy tattoos

Because it's a fat abdomen, Bee. The only part of me that is...

DEFINITELY smiley! Gorgeous. Like the rest of you

I'm quite ready for full on hugs, Alpaca. ;)

I've seen some of those before. I may well ask my surgeon if it's safe for me to have some done once I'm through all the treatments. I can get the rose on my left shoulder blade refreshed while I'm at it.

Yeah! Something wonderful and inspirational... Or a zombie and no-horses...

Ah glad to hear it seems to have gone well for your friend. Fingers crossed she's making a good recovery.

Val :o

Why thank you :)

It was a nervous time. All peaceful now though! Huzzah! Just waiting for the influx of mners to ruin the field bring the place to life.

You'll have to get a no-horse tat zombie :o

Something tells me you're not easily scrunched though

Alpaca, brilliant.

I love the lizard ones.

nah FYC, I got a full on sqoosh and she even lifted me up in a hug the first time we met

she's a super Zomb

Amazing :o

Chest bump it is.

Love you, Val. xxx

Right so tomorrow I'm going back to the Princess Royal to have my seroma (build up of fluid under the wound) checked out to see if it should be drained. It's no big deal and will give me the chance for a) a MaccyD breakfast and b) a wander around some shops afterwards.

Enjoy your breakfast & your wander & I hope all is OK with the wound.

It will be fine, magi. The other option was wait and watch. But, with a weekend looming, I'd rather have it looked at by the experts.

Very 'groan up' (as DS says) !

Good plan!