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roz123 · 10-29-2012, 12:51 PM

hi all
i was wondering if those who had TE's can tell me their experience. I am 14 days post op and still in a ton of pain. The "iron bra" feeling is still bad. I feel like i am carrying 2 bowling balls on my chest. I am still on pain meds.
My surgeon/nurse said this is unusal and told me that they will assess me at week 3 - i can't imagine this is normal.
the surgeon put 180cc in each expander at surgery, they removed 30cc but it did not give me any relief

i would love to hear your expander story (good or bad)

10-29-2012, 12:51 PM	#1
roz123 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 199	EXPANDER PAIN...14 days post op hi all i was wondering if those who had TE's can tell me their experience. I am 14 days post op and still in a ton of pain. The "iron bra" feeling is still bad. I feel like i am carrying 2 bowling balls on my chest. I am still on pain meds. My surgeon/nurse said this is unusal and told me that they will assess me at week 3 - i can't imagine this is normal. the surgeon put 180cc in each expander at surgery, they removed 30cc but it did not give me any relief i would love to hear your expander story (good or bad) __________________ diagnosed aug/11 right breast IDC 2.2 cm LVI neoadjuvant fecx3, tax and her x3 surgery -pCR 0/2 nodes 25 rads herceptin x18 tamox prophy bi-msx with TE's oct 15/12 LD flap reconstruction (PM me if you want the details) zoladex shots monthly until SOFT studies come out