Update on my mum
Aug. 10th, 2011 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flyboy_foxMy mum managed to get into London okay despite major delays and hardly anything being open because of the riots. Last night she was at the Royal Marsen cancer hospital in Chelsea having a procedure called nuclear dye done where they insert a dye into her lymph nodes (under the armpit) to detect if the cancer has spread there. If not, they'd only remove the nearest nodes and leave the rest intact, but if infected they all have to go.
This morning she had the operation and they removed ALL the nodes because there was sign of spread. This means she runs a high risk of lymphodema in the future (pockets of fluid swelling anywhere on the body, not treatable) and will have to take medication to replicate the function of the nodes for the rest of her life. It wasn't the news we were hoping for, especially as it means a spread of the cancer and that her chemo may have to be more aggressive as a result... but she's recovering from the operation at a friend's house now and currently in no pain, just very tired.
Next week on the 17th she's having the major operation, mastectomy, to remove her breast entirely. Then after a couple of weeks of recovery, she starts 22 weeks of chemo. I should be back in the UK by then to support her.
So that's my update.
This morning she had the operation and they removed ALL the nodes because there was sign of spread. This means she runs a high risk of lymphodema in the future (pockets of fluid swelling anywhere on the body, not treatable) and will have to take medication to replicate the function of the nodes for the rest of her life. It wasn't the news we were hoping for, especially as it means a spread of the cancer and that her chemo may have to be more aggressive as a result... but she's recovering from the operation at a friend's house now and currently in no pain, just very tired.
Next week on the 17th she's having the major operation, mastectomy, to remove her breast entirely. Then after a couple of weeks of recovery, she starts 22 weeks of chemo. I should be back in the UK by then to support her.
So that's my update.
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Date: 2011-08-10 07:20 pm (UTC)I am so proud of your mum, she is doing well and I am so glad that the operation was a success with very little issues, I wish you a safe travel home and you must keep her active and upbeat okay?
You're a good guy, your mum is amazing. I love and admire you both.
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Date: 2011-08-11 01:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-12 05:53 pm (UTC)But, it's good that she isn't in pain right now. I've heard those can be really painful...
If they're removing her breast too, that's going to up the risk of lymphodema, I think, but I don't know. I'm not a doctor. ^^;
I hope everything goes well from here on out. I wish you both the best of luck in dealing with this.
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