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Re: Implant Question / Radiation Question - Concerns
I opted to get implants. My exchange surgery to remove the expanders and replace with implants is scheduled in a couple of weeks. One of my breasts was radiated. The scar on the radiated breast is much more visable than the scar on the right side. Additionally, the skin on the radiated breast is much tighter that the right side. However, the skin color on both breast looks pretty much the same.
My PS does do DIEP surgery. He discussed the pro's/con's of this and of implants (including the need to have the implants periodically replaced about every 10 years). For me personally, I was unwilling to undergo a major surgery such as DIEP and just didn't want any more surgical scars. I saw pictures of DIEP before and after and it seemed like women ended up with nice breast but their abs were all scarred up. I'll be 56 soon so if my implant last 10 years, I'm thinking I'd only have to have them replaced twice.
Good luck with your decision.
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8/2013 Diagnosed IDC Left Breast ER-/PR-/HER2+ Stage 3C, DCIS ER+/PR+/HER2- Right Breast (54 yr)
8/2013 PET/CT scan shows mass in uterues and suprclavicular nodes
8/20/13 Begin 6 rounds TCH chemo, Perjeta added for rounds 4-6
9/2013 After 1st round of chemo, mass in neck and breast no longer able to feel
11/2013 Hysterectomy, mass from PET/CT scan not cancer (adenomylosis)
12/2013 Finished chemo
1/2014 Double mastectomy with chest expanders
1/2014 Pathology report from surgery and SNB show complete pathological response!
3/2014 Finish IMRT radiation
8/2014 Fat transfer to radiated breast
8/2014 Completed 1 yr of Herceptin
10/2014 exchange surgery expanders removed implants placed
6/2015 3D nipple and areola tattoos
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