u/E_Dragon_Est2005

Before I start, please forgive my candour in asking a question.

I have found that the Reddit community is great for support as one who is five years out from spinal cord surgery.

It is with this sense of community that I come to this subreddit to inquire of survivors the possible/seen symptoms that were felt before a diagnosis. I have one specific that I will get into next.

My beloved Wife lost her Mom to breast cancer and has been diligent with her screenings, the next one is in October. Yesterday she informed me that she has been getting a tingling electric sensation in her right breast around the nipple area.

With her permission I ask…

Is that tingling sensation something that we should be concerned about? Can it be symptomatic?

She hasn’t felt any changes in her personal exams but it is concerning and I hope I’m just being overly cautious but as one who told an oncologist to just give me the radial ablation instead of “wait and see”, I see the importance of early intervention. The importance of not accepting the wait and see as well but I digress.

I know personally a couple of survivors and I appreciate their candour and strength. I extend that appreciation to all of you who have survived your own journeys.

With respect,

A Concerned Husband.

I posted a while back about accepting the offer of help from strangers and I guess family and friends as well but I consider how often a stranger offers help.

I have found it can be a great icebreaker when meeting new people. Climbing any slope is difficult enough in the manual wheelchair but to add someone behind you that you don’t know…well.

That is a situation I want to get a hold of right away so I hit them with, “A new person to push me around and talk behind my back.”

It usually opens them up and I learn that they offered to help because a loved one of theirs is or was in a chair as well. They get it. Love that.

I posted a while back about accepting the offer of help from strangers and I guess family and friends as well but I consider how often a stranger offers help.

I have found it can be a great icebreaker when meeting new people. Climbing any slope is difficult enough in the manual wheelchair but to add someone behind you that you don’t know…well.

That is a situation I want to get a hold of right away so I hit them with, “A new person to push me around and talk behind my back.”

It usually opens them up and I learn that they offered to help because a loved one of theirs is or was in a chair as well. They get it. Love that.

I noticed that I’m not getting that dopamine hit each day like I was for over 500 days.

Somewhere over the last week or two, the days keep tallying but I am not getting that notification that shows the day rolling over.

That top right corner dopamine hit isn’t much but I got used to it and wonder if it’s a bug or did they take that notification away.