8 days since the seroma was drained and it’s full again. The practise nurse yesterday wasn’t sure if it needed draining or not so advised that I should go to the seroma clinic tomorrow. I phoned the breast care nurses yesterday to ask about it and they were really not keen on draining it, but it is very full. On Monday I had problems with my right arm feeling swollen and achy, which I didn’t understand, but given the weird shape of my boob now, all on the side next to my arm, it makes sense.
ALSO today, I bumped into a member of the science staff talking to a new teacher I’d noticed on Monday. She’s got no hair so I half thought it was probably due to cancer. Turns out she’s had a brain tumour as a secondary cancer from breast cancer. Oh god. I can’t get away from it anywhere. And just as I’m feeling on my way to normal again.
However, my self obsessive, selfish and self centred attitude was punctured completely when I heard the news this morning that one of our really lovely support staff (my age) lost her husband last night. He'd had an underlying health problem but nothing major or really serious. And yet he is dead and I'm here, despite cancer. PLEASE make me grateful and less self obsessed. I don't like who I'm becoming.
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