Stage 3 and Delayed Reconstruction

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  • damazon
    damazon Member Posts: 66
    edited April 2016

    I saw my PS to decide if we could overfill my 133 TE from 280ml. No, he said, not a good idea as (surprised as not aware all was going optimally under the circumstances) he had enough skin to almost approximate the other side. He recommended using Mentor CPG over Allergan and said he would have to drop the pocket down, lose the small seroma formed above the TE and release scar tissue from the side of the breast held tighter due to node removal and/or rads. Also, he said he would perform a lift on the unaffected side at the same time. Great! Hope it all works out!

    I thought I wanted to be larger as then the food and boob would more likely match each other in shape. He told me that my TE would have to be double in size in order to accomplish a small implant on the boob side. After the shock I have decided that I am happy not to have a larger breast size as they will never be a true pair and I look fine as I am. So easy to get caught up in 'Go big or go home' ideology. However, I am into shape aesthetically. Shape trumps size any day IMHO. Wish me well. Exchange in July.

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  • sbelizabeth
    sbelizabeth Member Posts: 2,889
    edited April 2016
    Damazon, long before BC I was "blessed" with an enormous set. They were hot, heavy, didn't fit into clothes, made my back and shoulders ache, and were generally a pain in the a**. You are right--small, shapely ones are they way to go.
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  • damazon
    damazon Member Posts: 66
    edited April 2016

    Thanks Elizabeth!

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  • LM070917
    LM070917 Member Posts: 323
    edited May 2016
    I'm 35 years old and just finished chemo and rads. I met with my surgeon last week and I'm going to have reconstruction in a years time. I feel this is enough time to get my body in good shape and healed. It also gives me a year to decide what type of recon to go with. Apparently I'm a good candidate for the latissimus dorsi or the tug (thigh), but I'm a bit apprehensive about it, esp with taking muscle from somewhere, I don't want to lose muscle strength and mobility, so I'm quite happy to delay recon until I've settled on a decision. If I were to experience local recurrence within the next year when my risk is high, I believe it would also help me to see it and act quicker, which I wouldn't with recon.
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