8th and Final Chemo tomorrow and Op and Recon April
HI Girls
Its been so long since I have been on this have no reason why really apart from the fact that.....emmm.... what did I say? My brain is mush!
Met with plastics last week (or week before) really wanted a recon with mascetomy. Decided to go for it even though I am having RT so they are unsure if it will take. This is the way I want to do it give it a lash and if it fails I will do it again later!
Cant believe 6 months of chemo will be over tomorrow - yippee yippee yippeee
Op 23rd April. Sorry to see we have two new people here minefield and leitrim? I am too lazy to check the names again I too had invasive lobular and am doing great - minefield I just pm'd you as you sound quite similar to my diagnosis.
Thats it girls - hopefully getting pumped with poisin for last time - thankfully it has so worked for me and the tumour is really shrinking and all happy
xxx
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Best of luck Dee - can't believe you are finshed your chemo. I had my mastectomy before my chemo - and the op definitely wasn't as bad as the whole chemo process - so hopefully the worst part is over for you. I also went for the tissue expander route for reconstruction - even though I'll be having radiotherapy too - defintely the least invasive of the different options. Ive had five expansions by now and my 'new' boob is almost the size of the other one - though much higher up - still hoping gravity will bring it down and might also have a lift on the other side...
Anyway - congrats on getting over the first and worst hurdle and good luck with the next stage.
Best of luck Dee - can't believe you are finshed your chemo. I had my mastectomy before my chemo - and the op definitely wasn't as bad as the whole chemo process - so hopefully the worst part is over for you. I also went for the tissue expander route for reconstruction - even though I'll be having radiotherapy too - defintely the least invasive of the different options. Ive had five expansions by now and my 'new' boob is almost the size of the other one - though much higher up - still hoping gravity will bring it down and might also have a lift on the other side...
Anyway - congrats on getting over the first and worst hurdle and good luck with the next stage.
hi amarlis
Great to hear your recon went well - do the expansions take long or is it just popping in and they expand by pump?
Here is a photo of me yesterday!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fb ... =1&theater
Hi Dee
Sorry for late reply - havent been on the site for a while.
The expansions are a complete doddle - it takes 5 mins for the plastic surgeon to inject 10mls of saline solution into the implant through a port - so you dont even feel a needlle.
The first time the sensation immediately afterwards was a little strange - a bit like when you were breast feeding and you really needed to express the milk or feed your baby. : 
...but its not sore at all.
Will find out next week whether I need to have my boob deflated now before the radiotherapy - apparently there is some riisk that your skin will be more affected by the radiation if it is too taut/tight....
Who is your plastic surgeon? i have Caitriona Lawlor who I really like.
Talk soon
Liz
been reading your blog ,find it so funny and your girls reaction to your new hair too ,can't wait for it all to be over ,just had number one on Tuesday ,best of luck