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thinkpositive · 09-20-2014, 12:05 PM

I am scheduled to have my exchange surgery in a couple of weeks. My PS told me that I will need to have drains for a week. I was surprised to hear this because I thought I only needed those for the original double mastectomy surgery. Have any of you had to have drains in for this procedure?

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09-20-2014, 12:05 PM	#1
thinkpositive Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: San Diego Posts: 411	Anybody have drainage tubes for exchange surgery? I am scheduled to have my exchange surgery in a couple of weeks. My PS told me that I will need to have drains for a week. I was surprised to hear this because I thought I only needed those for the original double mastectomy surgery. Have any of you had to have drains in for this procedure? Thanks __________________ 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