pondfrogs

I'm glad that you have another opinion coming up pam. I think some of these ps's have this perfect image of themselves and get upset when someone complains about their 'perfect' work. I started out with a ps who never listened to me, dismissed all my concerns and pains and was very arrogant. I switched during my fills and got another ps. the first ps office couldn't believe I was doing that...they said no-one had ever switched on him before. I should have done it weeks before I did!

I saw my ps the other day and she said I will need a revision on one side. the one dropped and softened nicely but the other is firm/high. she will do it when she does my nipples..probably in the early  springtime when I can get my port out at the same time. she asked me if I could wait that long and I said yes as I jsut want a break from chest discomfort for a while. I figure sweater and sweatshirt weather is coming so they wont be noticably uneven.

I am sad reading here that so many other women are unhappy with their implants but I am so glad that they are speaking out. hopefully if there are others that are quietly reading and thinking the same things, they will get the courage to speak up to their ps's also.

hi all,

so sorry to hear of others who are not happy also. it has been 3 1/2 weeks now since my surgery. one side has definitely dropped and fluffed a bit, the other side remains tighter and has not dropped. I did go out and find a few bras that fit somewhat. same size as before my surgery but do not fill out the way I used to.  I have people tell me that they look good in a shirt (the ones who know that I had surgery). they definitly feel and look much better than those expanders, and I am so glad that they are out. slowly I am getting used to them. I was calling them my 'fake boobs' and my hubby remarked that maybe I shouldn't feel like that about them. so now I am calling them just my 'new boobs'.

I have read others who say the vs ipex bra is a good one also. I am going to have to go there to check it out.

thanks to all for the suggestions and comments. it really helps to hear from others who are or have been thru' it.  

I had my exchange done at a surgery center next to a hospital. I didn't have to stay that long (surgery was at 1pm and I was out the door at 5:30).

I had a scopolamine patch for nausea too and it was the best! I usually throw up after surgery and this time I didn't. well, I din't till I took the patch off 24 hrs later then I had 3 days of throwing up after eating anything 

hi,

nice to hear from all of you. I went to my ps yest and expressed my feelings. she said that she can switch them out for different ones but to give it 6 mths first to see if I feel differently later. while I was there I got pretty emotional and realized something. I guess I (subconsciously) expected them to look and be like my old breasts and that is never going to happen. they are gone for good. cancer took them and no matter what implants go in they will never be the same.  I don't think in the past 8mths I had confronted those feelings. it felt good afterwards and I started talking about nipples and tatooing (probably in 6 mths when my port comes out).

she did say to throw out all my old bras and go get new ones. I think that's a really good idea and plan to go to victoria secret or somewhere  (somewhere I wouldn't allow myself to splurge on bras before)  and pick out some frilly ones. 

 today I looked at my new girls and thought that they looked pretty good (bruises and all)

jen

cristl, these are the implants. thats why I'm so depressed. they feel and look just like the old expanders I had in.

I didn't have high hopes..always jsut said whatever I was left with I would be happy. but I can't help but feel that I went thru' all of this for nothing. I hope that they do settle in after a while. I am going to post a new subject and hope to get some feedback from others who have felt this. I will see my ps tomorrow and express my feelings to her and see what she says.

all my best to those having surgery this week!

hi everyone,

my surgery on wednesday went very well. I went under at 1pm and was on my way back home at 6pm. my ps placed mentor high profile silicone 400cc. I could feel the relief from those darn hard expanders right away. can't really tell what they look like yet as I'm not supposed to take off this surgical bra/dressings until I see her next tueday. pain wise it's not too bad.  much better that the original sx of bilat mast with expanders placed . taking an occasional percocet for pain and sleeping on a wedge pillow for comfort.

I'm just soooo happy to have gotten those turtle shells out of me that whatever they look like I'm sure I'll be happy. the way I look at it is that this cancer took away my boobs but I have done another thing to defeat it by getting some nice soft replacements. take that cancer!!

hi all,

add me to the september list....sept 3rd! it feels sooo good to say that!  I had a bilat mast with expanders placed feb 1st followed by chemo that jsut ended a couple weeks ago. now I am getting herceptin and a study drug 'tykerb'.

my ps and I decided on mentor smooth round high profile silicone. unsure about the size, she will take a few different ones into the or with her  (350, 375, 400, 425) to see what fits best.

so glad to be here with other sept ladies

jen

I currently have expanders in place and am getting my exchange in sept. my expanders have a lot of wrinkles in the top and bottom that bug me. I thought I had made my decision to get saline filled implants but now am reading more that the silicone ones don't tend to wrinkle as much. I am curious to hear from both silicone and saline users and their experience with wrinkles (or no wrinkles)

thanks!