Booby 'gush'!

Following the bone scan on 13th December, I had a few days to be honest where the pending results were playing on my mind. It was the not knowing that preoccupied me, I just wanted to get on with what ever I had to deal with.

This was certainly a period of reflection and those that know me the best would have seen some signs that I was having a wobble, but otherwise It was business as usual...until Sunday (15.12.14) that is!

The wound under my boob decided to give, and ALL of the fluid that was causing the swelling gushed out ..... In public! I was soaked right through to my coat and Jeans ..... I remained calm and composed as Steve's children and a friend were with us, but I wish I hadn't as Steve had not appreciated fully what had happened and announced jovially that Suzanne's booby had exploded!! ...

Anyway, following a trip to out of hours clinic (where they had no dressings!!!) they sent me to A&E (what an experience) and I left at 11.30pm with a 'deflated' leaking booby, dressings and a prescription for antibiotics.

Because of those events, I attended the breast clinic for a check up on the Monday (16.12.13). Marion, a breast care nurse attended to me and after initial inspection she brought in Dr Salisbury who removed a clip from INSIDE my wound. It seems the clip had been working its way out of my body and may have contributed to the 'gush'.

Apparently the clips are used as markers for radio therapy treatment and I have several.

Marion had also chased my bone scan results and whilst the full results were not in, Dr S. told me that there were NO signs that the cancer has spread to my bones! The scans have picked up something that is probably related to age (!) which will be explored further.

My wound was dressed with a 'bag' to collect any further fluid. The other dressings were just not coping with the amount of fluid I was loosing. This immediately felt so much more comfortable than the dressings and the towel I was having to wrap around myself to absorb the fluid!

At that appointment I asked Marion to take over as my breast care nurse. This was for no other reason than Marion seems to have been there (covering for Annie) during key appointments and the surgery and I have built a rapport with her . She is also highly efficient! Marion called me soon after my appointment to tell me that she had sorted the oncologist appointment for Thursday 19th December. YAY!

so... with Steve on an overnight trip, I spent Monday hibernating at home. X