Exchange City

Mominator, thinking of you and praying everything goes smoothly. Update when you can.

I am all done with pre-op. Previous general surgery case is running late. They are estimating about an hour wait.

They allowed hubby in to wait with me, and my phone.

Good luck, mominator!!!!

cpcf-bilateral exchange July 6, 2017

Cpcf - Glad you're done. But Step away from the mirror. I know everyone wants to look right away, but the swelling takes 6 weeks to 6 months to go down. Don't be disappointed with anything you see before then.

Glad to hear that you're doing well, Mominator!

Cpcf: Hope you're up and about soon. I'm set in Sept to have a lot of pocket work, too. Not excited by that prospect but will be happy to lose the beloved TEs! I guess that adds to the complexity of healing.

I had my exchange today, too. Had fat grafting for the radiated side hollows and can't tell yet if it will make a difference, but all I want say is,GOODBYE CONCRETE BASEBALLS !! Hooray for squishy.

Bevmomduck:

Excellent! Concrete baseballs indeed. Hey -- I'm in Charlotte, too.

I Just filled everything out for Vinny Myers and he makes you wait five months post surgery exchange before doing nipples he goes to several places I saw that he does too of course the shop in Maryland he goes to the Center for breast reconstruction in New Orleans and I saw he is also going to Dallas so you might contact him through his website and find out if he's coming to a place near you .

lrwells50 - I had my exchange June 6. It was on an out-patient basis and I did not stay in the hospital. In regards to help at home...i think it would be good to have someone around for a few days if possible. My PS said not to reach above my head, lift, etc. And when I was allowed to shower, it helped to have someone.

I think guidance from PS to PS is a little different.

Looking for any of my warrior sisters in the Chicago area who may have had reconstruction at University of Chicago. Saw my onc today, told her what was going on with my former PS agreed a trip to the big dogs fir a second opinion wouldn't hurt. Since this is a revision surgery & I underwent radiation I figure I need someone with expertise in that area. I included her info below...any input you have would be great. Hugs!

http://www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/julie-park.html

Meg I agree I went to physical therapy about three weeks after my BMX and I had a lot of cording and so I have massage and gentle exercise and now it's been 10 weeks since my exchange and I'm still going once or twice a week and I'm finally seeing Improvement in the actual cording that went down my arm. I did get Frozen shoulders from both surgeries and had to have them injected with cortisone which fix the problem. I think everybody who has a double mastectomy or even a single and sometimes even with a lumpectomy needs to see a physical therapist who specializes in lymphedema.

this may sound weird , but has anyone have your implant make a "squeaky " sound when you moved a certain way occasionally ??? Just occurred on one side . I am almost a year out from exchange surgery. No major problems other than some minor rippling on the side that squeaked !

Hi All - I'm scheduled to have exchange surgery for my TE's on 8/29. I wasn't too nervous about it - until I told my MO - who told me that I should have an appt. with her - after my surgery to "go over" the "pathology results". I'm not sure why!!

I had some recent redness but was ultrasounded a few times and MO told me she believes it's from an infection, because it went away with antibiotics. But, now I'm all nervous again because she's having the tissue biopsied. I was looking forward to this procedure - now I'm dreading it.

Hi - I guess the skin will be biopsied - as I've had some redness a couple of times. I've had 3 recent ultrasounds - and no signs of a reoccurance. MO told me she thinks it's an infection from TE's because it clears up completely with antibiotics. Just having anything biopsied really scares me.