I've been diagnosed with breast cancer
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Your body and courage

Naturally, the secondary effects and reactions of the body after an operation and treatment are different for each woman affected. Not notwithstanding you can contribute in an essential form for your cure and the confidence that you deposit in your doctor and active collaboration.

It's normal that during the first stage you find yourself depressed and sad, the physiological stage is very hard, again will find their way and the happiness of life. Each day will be contributed.

Share your worries and sentiments with people that are close to you. You will notice that everything will be easier. Finding sociological will help. Consult your doctor.

Groups of auto Help

Many places affected women have joined in groups for auto help to interchange their experiences and help for other women that are in the same situation. Talking with other people that are affected from the same problem it's a big help. These groups of auto help inform you of social presentations that correspond and indicate where to go.

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The lost of a breast is a difficult topic to assume for the majority of women. The doctor can indicate the possibilities of a plastic surgeon.

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In most of the cases it will be necessary to wait for a reasonable time before having another operation.

Silicon prosthesis, that you use exterior that is made the size of your breast, it helps a natural possibility for your feminine aspect. No surgery is needed and is adapted in any moment in size and shape.

Posterior Medical Treatment

When you abandon the hospital, your doctor assumes, collaboration with the corresponding specialists, post operation care that you need. During the first three years you will have appointments for revision every four months. In the fourth and fifth year you will go every six months then once a year will be enough.

In case you feel sick, or observe some type of modification in you health visit the doctor immediately, apart from your normal visits. The doctor will know and understand and most of all his experience of your questions and worries.

Special Gym for You

Maybe you will notice after the operation slow movement of your shoulder and arm affected will be limited. The cause of this is the stretch ness of the scare.

Lots of women tend to adopt a "careful posture", lifting the shoulders. This posture conducts to a stiffness of the muscles and the origin can be pain in the shoulder and neck.

The gym exercises constitute a recognize therapy in the care of post recuperation and it is convenient to start during your stay in the hospital.

The objective is to stabilize the mobilization in the zone of the shoulder, correct the corporal posture and the correct respiration.

Practice regularly and have patience to recuperate your posture, mobilization and feeling much better.

We present here some exercises that you can do at your home, after being advised by the specialist.

Standing Exercises

• Relax posture, separate legs. Lift both shoulders and stretch them after pull them slowly downwards.

• Move in circles the articulations of the shoulders especially towards the back.

Sitting Exercises on a Chair

• Legs and knees separated y bent over your feet. Pressure on the floor with the heels of your feet. Stretch your body and put your head straight, lower your chin.

• Stretch your shoulders to the back in direction of you vertebral column put them down: touch the point of your toes. This is the correct posture of " protection posture" describe from these pages.

• Like exercise 4 but turn each arm out ( not touching the fingers).

• Both arms horizontal. Turn the arms from the shoulders all that you can towards the back. Relax and let them fall.

• Take the superior part of your body with the arms and hands together between the legs to the floor.

• Arms up try to close the arms to the head.

• Put your hand on the side that is affected on your thigh. Close the hand in a close form, turn with the write.

• Pause - Respiratory exercise Inhale: Move your abdomen and diaphragm to the front.

• Pausa - Ejercicio respiratorio. Inspirar: Mueva el abdomen y el diafragma hacia adelante.
Expire: Release the air in a natural form.

• " Pumping Exercise", stretch your arms upwards , close and up your fists strongly ten times.

• Lift your right arm on top of your head, put your left arm at the same time on your back. Change later your arm.

• "Boxing Movement" (no violence) with both arms in all directions.

• Try to stretch your elbows the most you can.

• Hold a towel with the arms stretched upwards, like lifting weights, and pressure upwards.

• Rotation of the arms in all directions.