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Andrea Barnett Budin · 09-23-2007, 11:11 AM

Hi Pinkie, You always make me laugh. I'm no Heloise, but... My little bobbette, interestingly, I too had a similar problem after my tram flap reconstruction (done @ the same time as my mastec). They make the new boob bigger because when the time comes to match it up, you can deflate it w/in office lipo or you must go in for another surgery to inflate it -- all done after healing and done w/chemo. Obviously no one wants another surgery. So my new boob was bigger than my real boobette, which is a D cup. Consequently I had to stuff the real side as per the above post by Sandy.

Now, a tram flap includes a tummy tuck, so I was quite curvaceous, beyond my usual. A friend I adore asked, Why do look even larger breasted than before. I mean after a mastec? She was confused. And she noticed. Judy is a wonderful honest and open person, and I love that in a person. I explained. It is befuddling. I am now more even, yet perkier in my 12 yr old boobette and my 63 yr old boobie. I do not look like the cartoon characters w/ boobies just above the waist, but I ain't no youngster. So, in a bra, I am now pretty well balanced looking. (Though we all know I am totally well balanced emotionally and spiritually... Tehehe, as Marie would say.)

PS Pinkie, do you like the name HELOISE for our HAMSTER (see thread by Pink Girl). A Girl w/a sweet idea for bonding as Sisters. Leave it to Pinkie!

I can't remember -- is it in the Did you Know thread? All about Chinese Hampster Ovaries.
Andi

09-23-2007, 11:11 AM	#7
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	Acting like a boob... but seriously, ladies! Hi Pinkie, You always make me laugh. I'm no Heloise, but... My little bobbette, interestingly, I too had a similar problem after my tram flap reconstruction (done @ the same time as my mastec). They make the new boob bigger because when the time comes to match it up, you can deflate it w/in office lipo or you must go in for another surgery to inflate it -- all done after healing and done w/chemo. Obviously no one wants another surgery. So my new boob was bigger than my real boobette, which is a D cup. Consequently I had to stuff the real side as per the above post by Sandy. Now, a tram flap includes a tummy tuck, so I was quite curvaceous, beyond my usual. A friend I adore asked, Why do look even larger breasted than before. I mean after a mastec? She was confused. And she noticed. Judy is a wonderful honest and open person, and I love that in a person. I explained. It is befuddling. I am now more even, yet perkier in my 12 yr old boobette and my 63 yr old boobie. I do not look like the cartoon characters w/ boobies just above the waist, but I ain't no youngster. So, in a bra, I am now pretty well balanced looking. (Though we all know I am totally well balanced emotionally and spiritually... Tehehe, as Marie would say.) PS Pinkie, do you like the name HELOISE for our HAMSTER (see thread by Pink Girl). A Girl w/a sweet idea for bonding as Sisters. Leave it to Pinkie! I can't remember -- is it in the Did you Know thread? All about Chinese Hampster Ovaries. Andi __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...