Hi - my flap is OK, but my abdomen (donor site) is not. My PS wants me to wait until I'm finished with Herceptin - which means I have to wait until April '09. I went to another surgeon who is an expert in repairing abdominal bulges/hernias, and he said as long as my blood counts and Muga/echocardiogram were OK, I could have surgery (other women have told me the same thing.) However, I did have an abdominal staph infection which caused my incision to open - the new surgeon said it's important to find out if I had a MRSA infection because that would influence when and how they will repair my big bulge, sigh. I have to still find out from the hospital - but since I was on so many antibiotics, including Zyvox, he thinks I did have MRSA. I'm impatient to get my stomach fixed, because the bulge is growing - but I'd HATE to get another staph infection, so it looks like I'll be waiting until at least February.
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But the good news is that the new surgeon said he'll be able to remove my gall-bladder at the same time - and a renowned plastic surgeon will be able to fix my hamburger "foob" at the same time, so hopefully this will all have been worth while.