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IrvineFriend · 02-10-2014, 12:57 PM

I've had my expanders in for 14 months and still feel tightness. I don't think it's something you really get used to. But have your doctor check for any fluid, I had to be drained a couple times a week when I accidentally pulled a drain out!

02-10-2014, 12:57 PM	#6
IrvineFriend Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Irvine, CA (Southern CA) Posts: 414	Re: Drains out...now tightness in chest I've had my expanders in for 14 months and still feel tightness. I don't think it's something you really get used to. But have your doctor check for any fluid, I had to be drained a couple times a week when I accidentally pulled a drain out! __________________ Julie Live in Orange County, CA Diagnosed with DCIS Oct. 2012 Bilateral Dec. 19, 2012 IDC, ER/PR-, Her2+++, Grade 3 Stage IIIa 15.6 cm 4/14 nodes + macrometastases First thing each morning, I try on my bathing suit. Then, nothing worse can happen the rest of the day.