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Old 01-11-2013, 09:35 PM   #23
candlegranny
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Re: Breast Reconstruction: Bravia Procedure-looks way easier and less painful

wow great to read this about the fat cells. I have an awesome plastic surgeon in Louisville Ky He took my belly fat, removed my very damaged radiated skin from my left breast side and made me a new boob.. I call it my belly boob, It is called D.I.E.P. i was cut for hip to hip all the fat adn skin removed and blood vessels reattached. he made me a new belly button. awesome job. Even though this is man made and not God made it is acceptable. He just did a lift with small implant on my right breast (my reaal breast) and made the nipple and skin grafted the areola for my left "belly boob" well now the left breast he made is not as big as my real one so he has submitted the paper work to insurance company and he will do this procedure of lipo suction and reinserting the cells in my breast to enlarge it. he said to do an implant was too dangerous because of the blood vessel he fused together. dont want to chance it being damaged and lose the whole breast he made. Since he did not use my abdominal muscle, and cut nothing but fat, i left the hospital on no pain meds at all. my doctor's practice specializes in all types of cancer reconstruction. He is awesome. And right here in the midwest. i think Louisville ky is part of the midwest...... he told me they do this type of surgery alot. jsut wanted to comment on this post since it was somethign that is becoming very familiary to me. I had my masectomy jsut 3 yrs ago, didnt decide to do reconstruction till spring of last yr. still NED with scan coming up in February.
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Mammogram Sep 21, 2009 everything good and clear
DX jan 19,2010 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Grade 2 Age 56
modified radical masectomy on LEFT side 29 Jan 2010
2.7 cm 18/31 nodes
mets to just above collar bone ( 2 nodes showed in PET)
ER- PR - / Her2 +++ (IHC) Stage 111 C
ki-67 60% nottingham score 7
A/C chemo mar 22,2010 DD
herceptin & taxotere DD june 1,2010
finished taxotere july 12, 2010
finished herceptin 16 May 2011
PET Scan 9 Aug 10, cancer in neck is gone! NED
33 Rads completed 1 Oct 2010
PET/CT Scan 6 Jan 2011 NED
PET/CT Scan 3 Aug 2011
MUGA 59% 3/22/10 -63% 9/23/10 - 51% 1/4/11 - 55% 2/17/11 - 50% 8/3/11
26 Aug 2011 NED
20 Feb 2012 NED
5 Mar 2012 PORT OUT
12 July 2012 DIEP breast reconstruction
23 Aug 2012 NED
15 Nov 2012 new breast tweeked and natural breast uplifted and implant added
17 Feb 2013 NED
27 mar 2013 lipo suction to add fat cells to new breast in hopes for needed adjustment.


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