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Re: Anybody have drainage tubes for exchange surgery?
Janis,
I'm just having the expanders removed and the implants placed, no DEIP. The procedure does sound pretty simple and I think that is why I was surprised to hear that I needed those darn drains again. I haven't heard of anybody else needing drains for this surgery so I was just curious.
When I asked my PS about this he said that anytime he fills an "empty" space with something, he insists on drains. If somebody was having elective breast augmentation they wouldn't need the drains because the space in the breast isn't "empty".
Thanks for your response
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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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