Today I was released properly.
I had my drain out this morning, and I am also without my PICC line for the first time since April- which feels amazing! Of course I still cannot have a shower as I now have dressings and steristrips all over me- but hopefully tomorrow I can languish under the hose!
It was quite a humbling experience being washed by the nurse on Sunday- I felt very very old indeed as I hobbled into the disabled cubicle with a tube and bottle attached to my side, and was rubbed down with wet cloths! Hopefully the only way is up from here on......
Turns out I cannot drive for 3 weeks which will be quite disabling, and I have had 2 rounds of physio with some amazingly painful exercises-which I have to do three times a day for at least a year!! I thought she was going to say 6weeks or similar, so was quite shocked by the length of time required, but apparently the radiotherapy can cause everything to tighten up and so I need to keep as mobile as possible in the shoulder joint.
So far, the wound looks amazing- I was expecting to be much more disfigured, but maybe there is a lot of swelling making it look pretty normal.
My pathology results are out next week- wed 17th, so I will know the next stage soon.
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