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surgical drain fell out
My drain fell out on Thrusday. Dr. wants to try a few days without it to see how my skin reacts, since it tends to turn red when I accumulate fluid. It's been 3 days, very tight from fluid, skin is shinny a little pink not red. Dr suggesting pushing up surgery to have expander taken out and silicon put in on Wed. Stressing me out, if I wait and see how skin reacts to fluid accumulation it may get infected and I go out of town next weekend could risk it happening then. If I have it taken out on Wed would miss only that day of work and try to go back the next day. Then would have other side done over spring break as origonially planned. Nothing seems to go by the book for me causing a lot of stress as I try not to have these issues interfer with work.
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 dx: DCIS 6/8/10, HER 2+ 7/26/10; Stage I Age 41
Double mast w reconstruction
6 TCH w 1yr herceptin
Tamox.
25 radiation tx
Removal of expander on L due to infection. Tried to save it had 3 bouts of antibiotics and went to see plastic surgeon 2-3x wk to get drained. Saving it was my idea not his. But lost it anyway.
Reconstruction set for December 21st,2011
Finished chemo 12/2010
Finished Herceptin 8/26/11
Reconstruction 12/21/11
Expanders exchanged for silicon 3/19/12
Nipple reconstruction 5/18/12
Nipple tatooing- 7/9/12- All done yay!
11/22/12-Went back to get scar tissue stretched to even the outside of breast, didn't work due to it being radiated skin.
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