CALLING ALL STAGE I SISTERS

They are nice looking but I don't think they come big enough for my girls, even with the chunk they removed

Mine are no longer identical twins - I wish I had at least gotten a similar chunk out of the left - are there no silver linings?  Actually, there are, there are so many wonderful women on here.

An F darling, and a damn F.  When the fitter brought me one of those I gave her a look that made her go find a DD that would work.  The fitter who saw my scars and said "....ewwww".

Twila ~ My hormonal Aromasin (no generic yet, keeping my fingers crossed for April 2011 when the patent expires) is pretty good - I still have sweltering sweats that I want to rip off all my clothes & then give-me-all-the-blankets freezing moments. I do get stiff if I sit too long, I can look like an old lady walking but in 1/2 minute I'm great again. I really can't complain & I don't want to scare you. Some gals have no SE's at all & some have much worse. If you have a hard time with one of them, your Onc can switch you to another that could be better for you.

raincity ~ Too funny = "mine are no longer identical twins." My bc side is slightly fuller due to rads; the scar is in the 10:00 outer quadrant just outside the breast close to armpit so breast was untouched by surgery. The other side, HOWEVER, is similar to Meecie's: I have a sinkhole into the scar because I had a very large cyst removed & the surgeon kept removing breast tissue searching for the big C, so that area kinda deflated. Sounds funny saying it like that....but it isn't funny at all. I would say I'm a regular C on one side & a reg B on the other, so bra fits great on one side & loose on the other. HATE bra shopping.

Thinking of you, Michelle. ♥

{{{Sheila}}}

I know this is getting long, but wanted to tell you all I had a wonderful lunch with a dear, long-time friend of mine today along with shopping after. We had sooooo much fun. We have known each other for 36 years, long before the DH's & kids; used to work together. We, along with our DH's, used to go fishing in Canada together; man, did we have fun!!! Those were the days......... She had 2 DD's & I had 2 DD's.

{{hugs to all}}

Another thought: I do so look forward to coming here each night & talking to all of you.  

Thanks Mellysu!  Looked up the bra and it looks really comfortable. Going for MRI today - I am so nervous.  I have to take an ativan so I won't cough (silent reflux symptom) during.  I am scheduled for the dye injection on Tues and then lumpectomy and SNB on Wed.  Hopefully the MRI won't show anything unexpected!  So so nervous - I have to stop that!!!

RCG, the last recon i had done a year ago included micro fat transfer to the sink hole.  Some of it took, some did not.  Each surgery has been an improvement of sorts.  I hate surgery and hate to to trying, but I might try again next year.

They have to put in moer than you really need, because some will be reabsorbed.  I told the PS to take as much as he needed and then some more.  He chuckled, but didn't do it.  Darn Ethics!!!

I like the way  my onc put it - he said think of yourself as a car accident.  You are not totalled but you need some body work.  I used that analogy when asking for some breast improvement in the process and was denied.  He said "you weren't a brand new car". 

RCG, you need to check with a new PS.  A good one knows how to code the insurance requests so it is covered.

The first one I went to took over a month to come back with my "quote" and then wanted over 8k to erpair the one side, that was my out of pocket.  The next one has done two surgeries, and I paid 900 out of pocket on one, and zero on the other.  That includes hospital, labs, anesthesiologist, the whole shebang!

It's all in the coding ladies.

coobie bra's?  Never heard of them.  I wear camisol's hate wearing bras now.

Welcome Gloria and Sherry! 

Melly I tried looking up that coobie.com and it simply showed me a group of alternative web sites for purchasing bras.  Mayble you or someone could copy and paste the link into here. 

Have my first bilateral mammo scheduled for 1 yr. post partial mast.  Scheduled for Nov 23 before I see my breast surgeon.  The lady in mammo told me that the radiologist could call over prelim results to the breast surgeon by the time my appointment rolls around later that day.  I am so excited and keeping my fingers crossed!! 

Renee

oakley ~ Keeping good thoughts for you for a clean MRI. I had my dye injection on the same day as my surgery. Had it, went back to pre-op, waited a bit, (pooped a lot! nerves were running rampant!) then was taken into surgery for lumpectomy & SNB.

It is a scary, nerve-wracking time. I will be thinking of you on Tues & Wed. Please keep us posted.

We are here for you.

{{gentle hugs}}

♥