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Jean.. how are those results? Benign... right?
Lynn... are you finished with rads ? I only know about filling 100% prior to rads. I know that you can go as big as your skin will allow prior to rads... it does not matter how big you are as long as your skin can do it. I could have stretched more... to maybe a D cup... but I am really short and would have looked a little "odd" with boobs that big....LOL.....
After rads.. I think it will be much harder to stretch to much.. but you can do it SLOW... Judy and DianaT and Geena are doing that or have done that. Girls.. can you pipe in about this today?
I hope all have a great day.. I have the grandkids and it is raining here... go figure.. so it will be movies and books today......
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Since I have feeling under the boobs.. maybe I can wear an underwire push up bra....:)
I will call my PS and see about this...
LINDA and MISTY... tomorrow is your day ladies....sooooooo excited for you... it will be just fine and you will be one step closer to the end of this line................... Blessings!
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WOW....two pages to get caught up and I was here last night!
LynnVA - You wrote: "I was an A cup and I think PS had high hopes to make me much bigger." Mercy! Your PS is a rare breed! You are going to have a lot of women wanting his name! Your TE's have a volume max of 500 cc's and a width of 14.0 cm, which means your PS either intended to use a moderate plus style implant in the 450-500 cc range - or, as you stated - a much larger implant in either moderate plus or high profile. Your ribcage measurements might be more telling in this regard. You do not need to overexpand - you have sufficient volume in your TE's to get you where you want to be. As Judy/FACECRAFTER mentioned above, just wait a month after your last rads and then fill slowly. A question for your PS: "Do you exchange your patients to implants with less volume than the expanders or can you exchange me to implants with more volume than my expanders?" Then we can determine how much further you need to expand. Most plastic surgeons have a methodology of exchange - they have a plan and they are going to stick with it.
packergirl: Good thing I have not put on eye makeup yet this morning....you had me in tears! I am so proud of you and I am thrilled for you - praying you get the result you have desired! I am still here because of women like you, and I am just blessed every single day by what goes on here at EC.
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OOPS....This was meant for the Vegas thread....sorry...
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Good luck tomorrow Misty and Linda!
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For those of you undergoing radiation....[LynnVA] A glass of wine a day may lessen effects of radiation..just in the news last month.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31681818/
From this months International Journal of Radiation Oncology
http://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(09)00090-X/abstract
But note in the latter findings, one glass benefits significantly, but two glasses has negligible benefit. So one glass only!!!
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Thanks to all my BC sisters for all your thoughts and prayers for my nipp/areola recon in the morning. I have to be there at 9:00 so hope I do not have to wait long. I will check in as soon as I can type....I am really looking forward to some time out of my shop.....hehehe
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Linda - Good luck tomorrow!! It's so exciting making it to this stage...
Bobbi
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Bobcat - I believe I am at 600 or a little more - Happy to hear you are happy with the outcome! I am hoping to be a full C but if he can only get me at a full B I am not really going to complain (remind me I said that) LOL!
This is active thread! KEW: go get em! constant sales pitch all around...
Did anyone one have pain during the TE? my shoulders, let arm and pit, ribs are hurting - under the TE is hurting - I am done with fills - and it it seems something else may be the matter.
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Linda.. can you go over what type you are doing again? HOW EXCITING!
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I think TE's are generally not comfortable and some associated pain goes with the stretching of the skin and muscles. If your TE's are submuscular as mine were, there's A LOT going on in there. I wouldn't worry until the TE's are gone and the implants in place and healing - just my opinion. I had 570cc at complete fill and they put in 500cc mentor high profile. There's plenty of room in there and I just have to massage, massage, massage - maybe I should be a massage therapist for BC implant ladies - lol. I am hoping for you a good outcome and speedy recovery. You will be surprised at how quickly the surgery goes. Good luck, prayers and hugs.
Bobbi
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HI ladies! WOW...gone for 4 days and so much to read when I got back. All of you wonderful ladies have been in my thoughts and I am praying for everyone going through procedures this week. One week til my exchange and I seem to be having some serious issues with nerves. Last night I just laid in bed and barely slept at all thinking about all the things that could go wrong. Now my te's seem to be bothering me as in I just want them out.I guess I'm just nervous and ready to be comfortable again. Thank goodness for all of you. I can always come here and feel like I'm not alone.
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Oh my! SO much to read!
Kerkle: I've had very little pain with my TE's. My PS did not go the Alloderm way as yours did. So far, he's been filling me very slowly and I think that might be the key. I started with a 30cc fill, then 60 and the last was 90cc's. I'm fine with 90cc's at a time. A bit sore for about 24 hours and then I'm good. I've got a bit of lower back pain from sleeping in the same position all night. I Hope your RADS go well
Candi: Beautiful words, thank you....
Blessings to all having exchanges and to all the others as well !
Terri
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4GREATKIDS & VISION4UTOO - My te's are really bothering me this week. I've been fine with them most of the time since March. My husband seems to think it's my mindset that now I know that they'll be out on Monday I can say I've just had it with them. I think he's probably right, if I knew that I had to keep them longer maybe I wouldn't feel this way. Mine are getting really uncomfortable at the bottom above my ribcage and it seems like I can now almost feel the inner corners of them - Maybe I'm just crazy and imagining it all - I know I just can't wait for MONDAY!!!
HUGS, Dawn
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Lorraine - I would totally rather swim with dolphins than have nip surgery. Have fun!!
Laura - I only wear stretchy, soft camisole like bras from EMS these days. I love not wearing a real bra. I wear something because it feels a little wierd for me w/o feeling on my chest. But my PS says I can do what I want.
Misty and other soon-to-be exchange sisters - I can totally relate to the pre-exchange jitters. For me it was even more so than the pre-mastectomy jitters. I can't really explain why, but so be it. However, I can tell you that the exchange is SO MUCH easier than the other surgery! And the implants are SO MUCH more comfortable than the TE's. So go forth my dears and you will prevail!
Baxter - What lovely music/poem you make. You have a real talent!
Linda - I feel like I should start chanting - NIPS NIPS - wow, can you believe you are there sister?!? Congratulations!
As for my colonoscopy path... still no word from my GI doctor's office and I called twice (not that I am anxious, mind you). Thank goodness my BS was much more responsive than this. I have to assume no word is good news, but I would like to know for sure.
So... tonight I am very sad. My brother and his wife were pregnant and due in February and lost their baby to a miscarriage two weeks ago. And tonight my nephew and his wife are in labor at 15 weeks, soon to lose their baby that was due in January. My heart is tearing out of me. I lost two babies myself before I adopted my twins, so I know some of what they are going through. And I am so sad for myself, I already loved both these little ones!
Sorry ladies, but I needed to share some of my pain. My dh is out of town this week. - Jean
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Jean - many prayers to you and your family tonight.
Bobbi
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Jean - I am so sorry! I can only imagine the pain. Please know that I'm sending you hugs and prayers.
Vision4utoo - I hate that you are so uncomfortable. However, it makes me feel more normal. I am experiencing more discomfort daily and I have not had a fill in two weeks. Your description is exactly what I am feeling. Maybe Dawn is right. I'm running out of patience the closer I get to my exchange date. I am determined to make it to the 26th.
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TE Ladies - it is normal for them to feel uncomfortable because they are not permanent. Take your valium or ativan or glass of wine - whatever gives you comfort until exchange. It does get better. Those TE's are like turtle shells and they shift and dig and pull the more they get filled. Hang in there.
Bobbi
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Jean--Prayers to you and your family. I'm so sorry that you are all experiencing such loss right now.
Love,
Karen
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Jean, I'm sorry. So sad to go through the loss of a little one. My heart goes out to you and your family.
Whippetmom: My friends think wine is good for everything so even though I had no idea about the study they were ahead of the game bringing me bottles of cheer all the way through rads! Of course I only had one glass........heehee I cant even tell that lie!
Imserious about my PS, I think he thinks he is Dr. Ray 90210 or something my BS warned me not to let him make me to big for my body. He was so excited for me at the beginning and now it seems all of his enthusiasm is gone since rads. My rad/onc told me that every doc I see has his/her own agenda (hers was to make sure my cancer didnt come back) he wants the best PS outcome possible and that my rads just smeared his canvas. She said not to be discouraged that she sees good results after rads and that implants can have complications with no rads. Maybe she was just trying to cheer me up after he crushed my spirts! My last rads was 7/3. I have had one fill since rads, I'm currently at 340 non rads side and 415 on the rads side
I measured my ribcage.. and if I did it right ( I measured about where the bottom bra line would be) and it was 32 1/4. So I'm wondering with these expanders, Allergan 133MV-14 where do I need to be filled to achieve a C cup?
I think Packergirl said it so well, you guys are the best and a real blessing to those of us stumbling in the blind through this process. I have learned more here than from any doctor or book. I hope I can help or support someone the way you ladies have helped me in the last few months!
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Jean...I pm'd you
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Thank you Terri. Good luck to you too!
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Linda,
Wishing you the best nips and tats and prayers!
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LINDA & MISTY - YOU GO GIRLS! Happy thoughts for tomorrow! HUGS, Dawn
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JEAN - Prayers for you in this difficult time! HUGS, Dawn
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Linda and Misty -yeah, so happy for you both! Sweet Dreams!
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Jean, you and your family are in my prayers....I am so very sorry.
Thanks everyone for your prayers and well wishes for my nipp surgery tomorrow.
Off to bed for a good nites sleep....
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Linda & Misty- May you feel the comfort of all your sisters holding your hand tomorrow! Hope your results are amazing! Sleep well tonight.
Jean- Oh honey I am so sorry. Not only is this heartbreaking for your family but you shared how this is touching your own experience. I hate when this kind of stuff happens when the DH is gone. Please know our hearts are with you right now and your family.
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Jean - you and your family are in my prayers.
Ladies, thank you all for the encouragement, I need it and you get it....I have taken my xanax and time for nite, nite.....will post as soon as I can.
Melissa
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Jean ~ My heart goes out to you and your family during this difficult time. I wish there was something I could do to ease your pain but there just isn't. I had a miscarriage before my two kids and it's devastating. You give everyone such support here and have always been ready with a kind word to say when I have had a difficult time in this journey. I will be sending my thoughts and prayers your way.
To all the ladies having a hard time with their TE's - the exchange is SO much better. I had the hardest time with my TE's, especially the last 2 months. I couldn't take a deep breath that whole time, and they were under my arms like little pillows. I thought about my exchange surgery non-stop before it and way more than my BMX. My implants are so soft and comfortable, I don't even realize I have them most of the time. I wish the same for all of you.
Misty and Linda - Best wishes for easy and successful surgeries
Peg
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