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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / June 2007Breast Reconstruction with Implants
Does anyone out there know of a site that can advise you about breast reconstruction with implants. I am on a waiting list to have this done probably in August and would appreciate lots of feedback on the procedure, the aftermath, the long term effects and comments. I have seen some sites on the internet and they have been horrifying and have put me off in going ahead. I suppose I want the other side of the coin to hear or chat with people who have been happy. Yes, a chat room would be good but I dont know where to go. Regards, Mary E. > Does anyone out there know of a site that can advise you about breast > reconstruction with implants. I am on a waiting list to have this done [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Regards, > Mary E. Try posting a query on http://bca.ns.ca/forum/. There is also a chat room at http://bca.ns.ca/chat/, but it is not used too much. Thanks for writing back Sandy - will look into it. Regards Mary E. >> Does anyone out there know of a site that can advise you about breast >> reconstruction with implants. I am on a waiting list to have this done [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Try posting a query on http://bca.ns.ca/forum/. There is also a chat room > at http://bca.ns.ca/chat/, but it is not used too much. > Does anyone out there know of a site that can advise you about breast > reconstruction with implants. I am on a waiting list to have this done [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > people who have been happy. Yes, a chat room would be good but I dont know > where to go. ----------------------- I don't know about a site or a chat, but....I had reconstruction with an implant a year ago, and I'm *quite* happy not to have to be bothered with the stupid prosthesis. Now, bear in mind that it doesn't really look like my other breast, and it certainly doesn't *feel* like a real breast, but my primary purpose in doing this was not to have to be bothered with a prosthesis that can slip or fall out and embarrass me (my job is *physical*!) and the implant has met that need very well. Eva Hi Eva Thanks for feedback. I am having bilateral breast reconstruction with implants. I am wondering whether you find the implant 'uncomfortable' lying in bed ie. on your side. Does it feel heavy? What type of implant did you have. The surgeon is placing a one stage saline and silicone implant/expander in. When you say physical are you lifting and carrying in your job? Was wondering how it would be if I would lift weights at the gym etc. These are things I should have asked the surgeon at the time but you always think of questions afterwards! Regards, Mary E. >> Does anyone out there know of a site that can advise you about breast >> reconstruction with implants. I am on a waiting list to have this done [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Eva > I am having bilateral breast reconstruction with implants. .... > Was wondering how it would be if I would lift weights at the gym etc. > These are things I should have asked the surgeon at the time but you > always think of questions afterwards! I can't speak to the details of comfort, but I know that some women on my BC survivors' rowing team have had implant reconstruction, and they have no particular problems rowing or carrying the heavy boats. At least one also weight-trains regularly (machine mostly, rather than free weights, I think). Ann T. Remove 'dontsendspam' from address to reply by email >> I am having bilateral breast reconstruction with implants. > .... [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > also weight-trains regularly (machine mostly, rather than free weights, I > think). I know one who regularly pulls a longbow with a 100lb draw weight - I can't manage more than a 40lb bow - but I haven't had an implant :-) Mary Thanks Ann T. Its good to know that I should be able to do all the physical things Im doing now! Mary E. >> I am having bilateral breast reconstruction with implants. > .... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Ann T. > Remove 'dontsendspam' from address to reply by email > Hi Eva > Thanks for feedback. I am having bilateral breast reconstruction with [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> >> Eva Jean214 on BCANS had a tram flap and profoundly regrets it. It has left her with weak abdominal muscles. I won't try to paraphrase her experience. > > Hi Eva > > Thanks for feedback. I am having bilateral breast reconstruction with [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > Jean214 on BCANS had a tram flap and profoundly regrets it. It has left her > with weak abdominal muscles. I won't try to paraphrase her experience. ---------------- A tram flap is not an implant, though. The OP was specifically asking about implants. (Of course, if she visits the implant newsgroup I'm sure she'll find many horror stories there!) Eva >> > Hi Eva >> > Thanks for feedback. I am having bilateral breast reconstruction with [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > > Eva Ah yes. I sit corrected. Sandy L > Hi Eva > Thanks for feedback. I am having bilateral breast reconstruction with > implants. I am wondering whether you find the implant 'uncomfortable' lying > in bed ie. on your side. ----------------- I wouldn't say it was *uncomfortable*. I can sleep in any position. It did take a little getting used to, I guess. ---------------- Does it feel heavy? ---------------- It's heavier than my real breast, but not uncomfortably heavy. My breast is small. Maybe if it was larger the implant wouldn't feel heavier by comparison; I don't know. ----------------- What type of implant did you > have. The surgeon is placing a one stage saline and silicone > implant/expander in. ----------------- Yes, I had an expander first, and it had to be pumped up several times before I was stretched enough for the "permanent" implant. I got a silicone implant. I have Stage 3 breast cancer, and the chances of the cancer coming back and killing me are far greater than the chance I will get sick from the implant--that's how I think. Saline squishes, and silicone gel doesn't, and that was pretty much the basis for my decision. OTOH, I've spoken to women who've had saline implants for years and are perfectly happy with them. ---------------- When you say physical are you lifting and carrying in > your job? -------------------- Yes, lifting, carrying, stretching, bending, pushing, pulling, all that. I work in a nursing home. ------------------- Was wondering how it would be if I would lift weights at the gym > etc. --------------------- Obviously you can't do any lifting while you still have drains in. Then you have to wait till there's no danger of your wound re-opening. If you build yourself up gradually and sensibly, starting with the lightest weights, I don't see why you would have a problem. ------------------------ These are things I should have asked the surgeon at the time but you > always think of questions afterwards! ---------------------- Yep! Been there! But the other thing is....surgeons don't really know all that much about rehabilitation, I'm sorry to say. In the UK, apparently, it is standard practice to prescribe physical therapy (they call it "physiotherapy") after a mastectomy, but here in the US you won't get it unless you argue for it--which I wish I had known to do. It would have helped a lot. Eva > I got a silicone implant. <Gravelly baritone, sings> Oh I can't believe, we're on the Eva construction. </sings> Sorry, I couldn't resist it. I'll try harder next time. Honest. Tim (Quickly searching for Allan's old shin pads.) >> I got a silicone implant. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sorry, I couldn't resist it. I'll try harder next time. Honest. PLEASE don't attempt the counter tenor ... :-) Mary Hi Eva Do you know the brand name of the implant. My surgeon said that I will be having the Mentor expander gel implant in the tear drop shape. Mary E. >> Hi Eva >> Thanks for feedback. I am having bilateral breast reconstruction with [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > > Eva > Hi Eva > Do you know the brand name of the implant. My surgeon said that I will be > having the Mentor expander gel implant in the tear drop shape. ----------------- Mine is made by Mentor too, but that's all I know about it. Someone I know just had her expanders removed and implants inserted on Monday. She's much more comfortable already, even though she had developed some adhesions which the surgeon had to excise during the operation. Eva > Does anyone out there know of a site that can advise you about breast > reconstruction with implants. I am on a waiting list to have this done [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Regards, > Mary E. Have you looked at http://susanlovemd.org/breastcancer/content.asp?L2=3&L3=2&SID=167 Many people swear by Dr Susan Love's "Breast Book" too. Tim Jackson. > Does anyone out there know of a site that can advise you about breast > reconstruction with implants. I am on a waiting list to have this done [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Regards, > Mary E. There's an advisory saying in our family which works: When in doubt, leave it out. Or, When in doubt, don't. If you have an implant it might be 100% successful. I suspect though that you'll be looking for even teeny problems and if you find any you'll regret it all the rest of your life. Hugs, Mary |
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