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Remi, mine had that scratchy, uncomfortable feeling too. I will say I'm not noticing it near as much anymore (exchange was 6 weeks ago). Hopefully with a little more time some of that will go away.

Remi, They are cold!! They stay that way. I don't recall having a scratchy feeling though. Kingster calls them vampire boobs! She has smooth rounds so silicone of any type is cold.

Hang in there!

Robin

Hi girls

Can anyone tell me how long it takes for the swelling to go down? I know every one is different but an approximate time frame will help.

Also, anyone know what the weight of each implant might be? Just wondering ...

Hope all is doing well

SpecialK, as usual you're very helpful. I am so glad you and whippetmom are always around helping the rest of us.

Please be safe if you're in Florida tonight :-)

fubc - happy to be of help! I am in Florida at the moment and am hopeful that because I am on the west coast we will just get regular storm strength wind/rain. My DH's two brothers and their families are right in the bullseye on the east side of the state, and my inlaws are between Savannah and Charleston, on the water. All of them stubbornly refused to evacuate. My fingers are crossed

PNWBCHgirl, that's a good question. I wouldn't be surprised to find there is some difference in the rib cage causing it. Did that creative work hold up for you? Did it require extra healing or anything? My PS recommended an underwire during hearing as she did try adjusting during surgery, but didn't seem to help.

On one hand, I can live with it (because apparently I did for my whole life already and didn't know!), but I think I'm quite literal so..... My PS had told me she could correct it during exchange and I took her at her word. So it is simply me to say, "wait a minute....You said......" when it doesn't work like I was told.

I just found out that I get to see my PS again on 11/21 as I'm going to have another round of fat grafting on 12/15. I said to the nurse on the phone, "Looking forward to it!". We both laughed about that.

Too bad there isn't a zipper instead of an incision. We could just try on implants, wear for a day or two, swap them out, try a new one, so on and so on. We could have the every day pair, a night on the town pair, a "make my bottom half look tiny" pair, a "make me look 20 again pair". I'm sure there's more....

Overall all is good, but it's entertaining, if nothing else, to analyze and talk about "what ifs".

The anxiously awaited call from the hospital telling me to report at noon. Sigh. I was supposed to be the surgeons first case as I have difficulty waking from anesthesia. The more they try to wake me the more nauseated I become. Dreading the half hour car ride home... debating which car may get christened in a bad way... I was hoping for the early time so they would hopefully let me sleep it off a little. Odd to say, but the best part of my BMx going in was knowing no one was going to try to wake me to get me in a car. Heck I only woke up for 30-60 intervals 5 or six times in the first 36 hours! Here's hoping the anesthesiologist really listens! Mom of 2 plus 4, did you say anything specific to the anesthesiologist?

I have heard many say how quickly they feel the rocks off their chest, and can't wait... but wondering how soon you were able to touch/ feel your squishes to have an idea of how soft they may be. My implants will be under the muscle, but I do not know the style.

Thank you

-S

JesseJake. He said it was a method of basically reshaping the whole fold trimming away excess tissue and that there was layers and layers of sutures and I too had to wear an underwire for several weeks 24/7 and now wearing it 12 hours. Which is fine with me I have wore one for many years. So far it has worked and I like my look. He gave me exercises to start now too . It hurt a lot in the beginning but I managed through, he said it probably compares to having a cracked rib.

Yes test driving would be a really good idea but hard to do. I had one side reconstructed last year using my ab tissue ( pedicle tram flap) and it looks and feels good. I only have one small dimple that the PS calls his problem child and is determined to fix. My other side the left ended up a implant because when we did the lift /reduction on the fragments sent to pathology came back with DCIS so we started the MX / reconstruction process. Again. So grateful that the fragments sent had the DCIS and was caught, who knows when it would have showed up.

Blueorange, are you going to Knott's Scarey Farm?? I live in San Bernardino county in Yucaipa. Everyone heals differently, depending on any pocket work that needs to be done. It is definitely easier than mx or carrying around those TEs!!

That is 10 days out, might be ok, but don't overdo. You will know how you feel.

where in CA do you live? Our dx is exactly the same!

Even our towns have a similar pronunciation! That is way up in northern CA, right? I would ask your Oncologist to start you on Femara if you are pomenopausal. Arimidex and Aromison have serious side effects. Plus, I was told by mine that Femara is better for ILC.

me too SFKitty (bugs me sometimes, I mean), yet in clothes - great!

FUBC when I went on Arimidex I had horrible joint pain so requested to change to Aromison. I felt like I was about 90 when getting up from a seated position. And my hands were so badly riddled with arthritis that I eventually had to have trigger finger surgery caused by those 2 drugs. I changed MO and she said I should never have been put on those 2 drugs in the cold weather. She also said that Femara works better for ILC . I have been very happy on Femara. The only SE I have is dryness. Vaginal dryness is the worst! You are very young, so your situation is probably different.

Yes. In clothing or a bra I look fine. It's really something that I notice, and no one else does. My mind has been on pother things but I do come back to it sometimes.

MrsB88,

I had nipple tattoos not recon. I was going to do recon a month ago but I have a keloid scar on one side of my right breast. My PS said he could make the incision vertical instead of horizontal. Then would I have an "x" or cross incision? Would that scar keloid? I love my foobs! They are twins, not sisters. I have Allergan 410 annatomicals. I am 18 months post exchange. I don't need nipples. My tattoos are not as 3D as they were right afterwards. But just me and hubby see them. And they can't guarantee they won't flatten out completely! And what about infection? Not worth it to me. I know, my PS wanted me to get them too! Fooey! It's your body. I also have Pink Perfect silicone nipples I can glue on when I want nipples.

I can PM you pictures if you wan