Hi everyone, I had a breast reconstruction with under the muscle silicon implants 10 years ago. My left implant looks deformed and shifted to almost under the armpit. I also feel, on and off, a shooting/stabbing pain in that area (it's not the heart) that partially numbs my left arm. I think this might be caused by the…
My surgeon told me that I needed to go off letrozole for two weeks before and two weeks after my DIEP. I had a hormone positive tumor though and am not very comfortable with that. I was told it was because letrozole increases your chances of blood clots. Is that the standard protocol?
Does anyone have experience with this surgery?
I am recently recovered from 4 rounds of chemotherapy after a double mastectomy, on endocrine therapy, and scheduled for a DIEP mid January. I find I am dreading it. I originally wanted to do it because I liked the idea of using my own tissue, not having to worry about replacement implants, etc. That's still why I like it…
I had my swap and fat grafting last Monday. Fat grafting was done from the front of my underarms. It’s becoming increasingly more painful to lift one of my arms. It feels like the muscle/tendon at the front of the armpit is super tight. (It’s bringing me back to how I felt after the BMX). It is still swollen from the fat…