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TAPPY
TAPPY Member Posts: 283
edited June 2014 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy

I went to the medical supply store to see what they had.

It was all big and fugly.....ugly ugly ugly....and the forms were very heavy...

I guess I need to google and finda better store.

I just wanted so cute lacy bras and foam forms for now...they hardly had any sizes

or I will have to order online.

Do you think it is best to wait till I get my port put in, will that make a difference.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited October 2011

    there are lots of specialty shops and on line bras...also Nordstoms carry them

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  • susan_CNY
    susan_CNY Member Posts: 276
    edited October 2011

    I suggest you draw a line to show your surgeon where your bra straps set and ask that he place your port accordingly if possible.All my bras straps interfered and put pressure on my port making my life just miserable,the oncology nurses said I should have done this. I also had my first chemo infusion an hour after the port placement surgery, I now know better, should wait to be healed first. Good luck to you,

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  • Erica3681
    Erica3681 Member Posts: 1,916
    edited October 2011

    In general, medical supply stores are not the place to find fashionable, comfortable bras or the latest lightweight silicone and non-silicone breast forms.

    As SoCalLisa said, there are specialty shops that carry these items. I see that you're in Lafayette. I did a quick google search and didn't find any boutiques in your city, but I did find one place in Baton Rouge, if that's not too far for you to travel. It's called Total Woman Boutique (http://thetotalwomanboutique.net/). It might be worth calling and talking with them to see what types of products they offer. Their website wasn't real sophisticated, but that doesn't mean they aren't good fitters.

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  • TAPPY
    TAPPY Member Posts: 283
    edited October 2011

    Thanks for the info....it is just so hard yet to know what will be comfy....

    When do you think is the right time (weeks after surgery ??) to get fitted ?

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  • TAPPY
    TAPPY Member Posts: 283
    edited January 2012

    Just an update...I love my microbead forms from TLC - even more so that my light weight (ha) silcone forms from Amona. (sp)

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited January 2012

    I got a bunch of stuff from TLC, and so far I am very happy with it. Also, in the beginning, I got some of those featherweight forms and just basted them into my normal bras. It worked fine. Otherwise, I saw the other day that TLC also sells pre-cut pockets for sewing into normal bras to hold the foobs.

    Like you, I love the microbead jobs. 

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  • TAPPY
    TAPPY Member Posts: 283
    edited January 2012

    I love them way more than my silcone forms....they just feel like lead weights....and I can use my micro bead forms in my old bras - they fit just fine and really dont move around.

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