I had biopsies done on February 3rd--one site on each breast, plus three markers inserted into the masses they found during the ultrasound. The right side had two masses and the left has one. They are pretty small incisions and all I needed were bandages.
I knew I have an allergy to latex so I made sure to ask "are the bandages latex-free?" Yes, they were. So off I went. The next day, the left side was itching and burning so bad that I finally pulled off the bandage. To my utter consternation, I found redness and blistering. I figured the bandages were latex after all. So I got latex-free from my niece and bandaged back up. More redness, itching and pain. So I changed the orientation of my bandage. On Friday afternoon, I tried a square bandage. On Saturday I asked Jim to take me to town so I could buy gauze and tape. No good! Now the redness and blistering were just expanding. On Sunday I went back to town to get an Ace wrap to use in place of the tape. That finally helped. On Monday I decided that my super soft cotton sports bra would simply have to do double-duty as a bandage. And that is when I finally found relief and the blisters were able to start healing.
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| Feb 06: The out edge of my left breast. The blistering got worse before it got better. So glad that is behind me!! |
This experience was causing anxiety as I contemplated surgery on both breast and the bandages they would use afterward. It turns out that there are other options. Now that my surgery has been postponed for months, I get to totally set aside that worry for now.
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