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Kanadrye
Kanadrye Member Posts: 1
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer

After a double in 2008, my husband talked me into a DIEP in March of 2012.  In May, we put implants in that DIEP.  Was very painful..still to this day hasn't healed.  Wide open wounds on right (radiated side) won't heal.  These look worse than a pheasant hunt in South Dakota.  I'm in so much pain with these 300cc implants I could scream.  Boobs are not even close to being even.

I wish I would have stayed the way I was.

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  • msphil
    msphil Member Posts: 1,536
    edited October 2012

    hi sweetie, I had reconstruction right after L mast,got the expander put in and a few weeks later I had pain beyond belief and my husband rushed me to the E R and I was rushed into surgery, the expander had hardened and it became infected, it was removed, I only did it because I was making wedding plans when I was diagnosed, my Fiancee at the time didn,t think I needed to do it BUT I didn,t want to go into a new marriage with only one BOOB but my hubby said he loved me anyway, I wished I hadn,t done it. I wear my prothesis and have been fine for all these yrs, I am now a 18 yr SURVIVOR(Praise the LORD).  msphil idc,stage2,3 nodes, L mast, chemo and rads and 5 yrs on Tamoxifen 

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  • darnette
    darnette Member Posts: 45
    edited October 2012

    hi msphil, thank you so much for making things seems so good.. I sometimes let my mind wonder and i start thinking and i get scared.. But i know in my heart i am going to be alright. God has never left my side from the beginning. I did chemo firstthen surgry ( tram flap) and now radiation i will starting Tamoxifen soon? I did weel during my chemo nevr got sick, after my surgry my Dr. said she got all teh cancer out that was a relief for me. radiation was a option and i asked her what did she think and she said that i should do it as a procaussion. thus far i had 11 treatments and i am handing it well I keep my skin moiturized. i drinks lots of green tea and water and try to eat healthy. can you please tell me what to expect with the tamoxifen? i get confused when i read about that 5 year suvival stuff.. I know plenty of women who lives beyond 5 years. is that for every breast cancer? from what i read the type of cancer you and i have is the most common and i would think it would be easiest to cure? One of teh things my dr. first said to me was I can cure you?? please excuse the typo's i have a 3 year old who is all over the place. but for teh most part i never let this control my life i hVE FAITH THAT GOD HAS HIS OWN PLAN. 

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