How many cc's at time of surgery

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Jnnmn7
Jnnmn7 Member Posts: 66
edited September 2017 in Surgery - Before, During, and After

Just curious how many cc's everyone gets at time of expander placement. Did your surgeon tell you how much the initial fill would be or it is more just wait and see how much can be done at the time?

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  • LeesaD
    LeesaD Member Posts: 383
    edited September 2017

    My plastic surgeon said prior it will be a game time decision. I can't remember how many cc's he put in exactly but I woke up from my BMX with just two drains instead of four and filled to where I wanted to be. Helped with my psyche having volume there. Had only one fill since on left and one extra fill on right prior to radiation. I am glad the way it was done. Looking forward to my exchange when I heal from radiation as saying the expanders are uncomfortable would be the understatement of the year.

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  • MTwoman
    MTwoman Member Posts: 2,704
    edited September 2017

    jnnmn, I had to do my recon in stages because of a large hematoma I developed after my lx (they were concerned I would develop more if they did too much at once). So I had the mx, then the TEs were placed (completely empty), then they slowly filled them for about 4 months, let them stabilize for another month before doing my exchange, then the final plastics work (so 5 surgeries, including the lx). I don't think I'm typical, but that's what happened with me.

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  • EvaGor
    EvaGor Member Posts: 41
    edited September 2017

    My PS said it was not possible to predict this. I ended up with 240cc right after the TE placement, and it took 4 fills to get to 570cc.

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  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 3,985
    edited September 2017

    200 cc at mx. One fill at 150. Ouch!

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