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  • firstmate
    firstmate Member Posts: 153
    edited January 2010

    Julie -- Don't be sad over the phantom nipples.  I had that as well in one nipple, and now that I have had nipple surgery -- I swear that I can feel the "tingle" when I rub that nipple.  I am thrilled that I have some sensation there, even if it is imagined.

  • firstmate
    firstmate Member Posts: 153
    edited January 2010

    Deborah -- You should not have permanent headlights with the nipples.  My right one doesn't show at all through clothing.  My left one is still too large, but will be "decreased"  later this month.  The doctor said it is a simple, in-office procedure.  I'll let you know how it goes.    But I am very happy that I had nipples and tattoos done. 

  • Cheryl_in_SI
    Cheryl_in_SI Member Posts: 9
    edited January 2010

    What are DIEPS and GAPS?

  • Tinkerbell99
    Tinkerbell99 Member Posts: 193
    edited January 2010

    Hi Wonderful ladies..i am so sorry that i have not been on to wish u all a very happy & healthy new  year!!! i wish all the best in ur upcoming surguries & healing!! my big day is Tuesday & as much as i am praying for the 1 step..i know that if my ps cant do it..at least u guys r here!!!

  • Tinkerbell99
    Tinkerbell99 Member Posts: 193
    edited January 2010

    Hi Wonderful ladies..i am so sorry that i have not been on to wish u all a very happy & healthy new  year!!! i wish all the best in ur upcoming surguries & healing!! my big day is Tuesday & as much as i am praying for the 1 step..i know that if my ps cant do it..at least u guys r here!!!

    Happy & healthy New year to all of u!!!

  • DiDiT
    DiDiT Member Posts: 11
    edited January 2010

    Want to thank all of you for sharing info!!!  This site in general has been, as for many, my lifeline!  I have essentially sailed through chemo and was more than prepared and knew what to expect with my recent surgery - learning from other's experience and being able to see the pictures were invaluable preparations!! 

    Had bilat mx w/te's on Dec 18th.  Was filled 250 in surgery - another 60 this past week.  Still have a drain on each side, I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions as I embark on this phase of treatment - hoping to be filled before radiation begins.

    God Bless Each of You!!!  Happy New Year!!!

    Di Di

  • musiclovermom
    musiclovermom Member Posts: 245
    edited January 2010

    I am so Happy for you!

    I think waking up with TE's partially filled was the best thing for my head!

    Kimberly

  • 2Xsenough
    2Xsenough Member Posts: 48
    edited January 2010

    Deborah, Thanks for the excercises. I will add those to the others I'm doing.

    Bobbi

  • Estepp
    Estepp Member Posts: 2,966
    edited January 2010

    GIRLS~

    I have sat here for an hour reading your posts .... I have been offline a few days... I was gonna just come here and wish you all a HAPPY HAPPY...... and a big.. WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    But then as I read... I realized something more that a WAHOOOOOOOOOOOO......

    WE ALL LOVE EACHOTHER SO MUCH AND MANY OF US HAVE NOT EVEN MET.....

    Tears of joy and thanksgiving are in my eyes right now, and I feel part of something REALLY BIG!

    To all then new ladies/friends here... WELCOME! You are always WELCOME!

    To all the old timers... (((wink))).... I thank you!

    To ladies still struggling... with MX... TE... E.... new lumps ..( OMGOSH GEENA)..... PLEASE KNOW.... ( and this is 100% real).... I pray for you all daily... I pray for my "GIRLS" daily.

    WOW...... I wonder why the Lord put us all together?? We might never know.... but.... I know that HE ROCKS!! And I am thankful for all of you and will continue to love love love..... you all through 2010!

    Peace! LauraKiss

    ps... I did got to the Onco and I was told to up my meds to 600mg twice a day. So far... my pain is about 50% better and the tingle is about 50% better. I also know.. ( Deb) that I need to stop picking the grandkids up every ten minutes... BUT I HATE THAT... Thank you all very, very much for caring about me.. and sending me so much info on my condition.. I am learning a lot!

  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,028
    edited January 2010

    Di Di - Welcome....we are here to help and encourage you along in your journey!  Estepp ALSO is in Missouri....and Denise, I believe?

  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,028
    edited January 2010

    DIEP and GAP: Autologous donor surgeries - this link should describe for you...questions 4 and 5:

    http://www.diepflap.com/faqs.html

  • blessedby4
    blessedby4 Member Posts: 117
    edited January 2010

    Happy New Year's to each of you!  I haven't been posting but reading all your posts and thinking of each of you!  What a year this has been for each of us and yet what a great group of women we have here and blessed to have connected with each of you!  I have been having a really hard time since exchange surgery with emotions of all that has happened and also not real happy with the way the new foob looks with trying to have matched the natural side.  I guess I have felt that if I could get away from all of this I could just forget all of this and not be concerned with how I look...but this hasn't helped as of yet. 

    So sorry for those who are having problems...hang in there!  So happy for those who are progressing on in this battle and getting closer to the finish line.  We all have become so strong during this time.  

    Welcome to the newcomers...a great place for support and advice!

  • my560sel
    my560sel Member Posts: 399
    edited January 2010

    Deborah, thank you for the exercise link, you're a wealth of knowledge. 

    Welcome to the newcomers and welcome to 2010!

    Terri

  • TXBadboob
    TXBadboob Member Posts: 109
    edited January 2010

    Happy New Year to all of you!  Thanks for all the info, too.  I have learned so much.  My prayers continue for those of you who are having problems and those of you who are still going through your reconn.  Thanks,

    Deen

  • Mykidsmom
    Mykidsmom Member Posts: 448
    edited January 2010

    Hello ladies - I have very busy and missed several pages. Please PM me if you have surgery dates to add or change. I am a little pre-occupied right now. My 85 year old mom fell on New Year's eve and broke her hip. She had surgery for a hip implant today. Between her surgery and the fact that my step dad is 90, this is a lot for them to handle!.

    Deborah - Nips rock! I actually wish mine were a little more of a bump, but even still, I feel much better emotionally w/ them.

    I have another friend about to begin our journey. She is being scheduled for her BMx now. My heart goes out to her!

    Best wishes to all of you going through tough times. We are always there for you!

    Dani - I am so glad you came through so well!

    Hugs. - Jean

  • Estepp
    Estepp Member Posts: 2,966
    edited January 2010

    ((((((((DANI))))))))))

  • Estepp
    Estepp Member Posts: 2,966
    edited January 2010

    Jean.... you are such a sweety...I want to thank you for this thread.. you started it.. and it grew... into a place of learning ( Deb) and Love..( all of us).... thanks Jean..

    Keep it going if you can Jean in 2010!

    Ladies.. can we all say.. THANKS JEAN!

  • cnemeth
    cnemeth Member Posts: 136
    edited January 2010

    THANKS JEAN!!!!!

    Colleen

  • blessedby4
    blessedby4 Member Posts: 117
    edited January 2010

    Thanks Jean sooooo very much!!!

  • Angel10
    Angel10 Member Posts: 347
    edited January 2010

    Deb,

    I mentioned this before but right after I got my fibbles I was shocked at how much better I felt about my foobs with them in place! I was just like you beforehand...could have cared less, didn't even want them because I wanted to go braless with t-shirts, too....but shazammm! Having them was a real eye opener!  That having been said, they looked really big the next day (11/09) but now....they are so much smaller! I hope they don't disappear! ;) 

    Can't wait until I get them tatooed!  Go for it...you'll see!

    God Bless!

  • Hannahbearsmom
    Hannahbearsmom Member Posts: 266
    edited January 2010

    Thanks Jean!!!

    TCK

  • Nedeza
    Nedeza Member Posts: 351
    edited January 2010

    Thank you JEAN for bringing US all together as ONE!!!  This is a road none of us had chosen to take...hand in hand we will prevail BECAUSE we have each other!!!   Again, cannot thank you enough Jean!  Thank you to all my "sisters" who have carried me through this!

    Love to all!

    NAE

  • Peggio
    Peggio Member Posts: 105
    edited January 2010

    Thanks Jean

    Peg

  • Cheri2
    Cheri2 Member Posts: 185
    edited January 2010

    Deb,

       I am with you, I feel like you do but I do want to feel complete at the end of all this.  Maybe it will make me feel like it is all over with and things are back to normal again.  Don't know.  Good Luck with it and please keep us informed on how you deal with it emotionally.  If you change your mind and feel better about it all after it is done.  

       My best wishes to all of you in this new year!!!  Happy 2010 everyone.  A New Year and a new chapter.  yay!!! 

  • don23
    don23 Member Posts: 213
    edited January 2010

    THANKS JEAN! Happy New Year to all!

  • Nedeza
    Nedeza Member Posts: 351
    edited January 2010

    Blessedby4 ~

    So good to hear from you!  We are here for you!  Sending hugs your way...also, PM'd you  Smile!

    NAE

  • KEW
    KEW Member Posts: 450
    edited January 2010

    Jean--I hope your mom's surgery went well and that she heals quickly.  As you are taking care of everyone, remember to take care of yourselfSmile Thanks for EC!

    Hugs--karen 

  • Mai605
    Mai605 Member Posts: 23
    edited January 2010

    Jean - so sorry to hear about your mom, I pray she heals quickly.  Thanks for this wonderful thread and thanks to all the awesome ladies on here!

  • Lilah
    Lilah Member Posts: 2,631
    edited January 2010

    OMG -- you go away for a few days and come back to four pages of posts!  It's overwhelming :)  But I agree with Laura -- the thing that comes through is the love and care... so special and so amazing in a group of women who have mostly never met in person.  Thank you ALL for being here for me... I hope I can do the same for others.

    Speaking of which, CyndiS, if you want to PM me I am just at the start of the unilateral journey (had UMX and TEs installed December 9... will have lift/reduction at exchange which I expect should happen in early spring)... but whatever I can do to help I am here.  I too am large breasted (DD) and yeah even without having had any kids one pointed down (the one that is gone) for quite some time and was larger, etc. For what it's worth, I would say the MX was probably a lot easier to recover from with only one side affected as I could still reach and lift things, including myself, with my left arm / unaffacted side.

    So Atlantic City was a BLAST!  I usually stay home on New Year's Eve and watch the ball drop on the TV with a few friends.  I must say there is something to be said for standing in the middle of a casino with hundreds of people counting down at the tops of their lungs (and then blowing the free noisemakers :)  It was fun and I DID win a small jackpot (which was like icing on the cake).

    But here is a question for you all (and mind you I will see my PS on Monday but wondered if this sounded familiar to anyone).  Ever since my second fill on Monday I find (including last Monday) that at the end of the day my foob is all red below the MX scar (in other words, the bottom half of the foob) whether I wear the "fluffy" in my bra or not.  At this point, after two fills and 360cc's total in there, I can get away with not wearing it if I dress right.  Anyway, so it's red at end of the day but in the morning the redness is much less.  So I'm thinking it is something rubbing against the foob (as opposed to something going on internally) possibly the sports bra I've been wearing?  I'm not sure what to do as I cannot go without a bra (the left boob still being a floppy DD).  Also I'm more sore than I was the week following the first fill... but again I think that's the stretching and nothing to do with the redness.  And to be sure: having a fill on Monday and then running off to Atlantic City the next morning for four days is NOT my usual post-fill activity (that usual activity being: sitting around my house with my laptop :)

    Finally: may everyone's Two Oh One Oh (that's what someone who just wrote to me called it and I love it) be BETTER in every possible way than 2009. 

    xo

    Lilah

  • Bigapple09
    Bigapple09 Member Posts: 247
    edited January 2010

    Lilah:

    Any elevation in your temperature? If your temperature is still normal for you, then chances of an infection are much lower.

    May sound dumb, but around the house, instead of a bra, if you have one of those bathing suits with the triangle top, maybe you can slide off the triangle part on the MX side,and let that go with nothing rubbing against it all day and still have support on the other side? Might even work with a halter type top,though you may have to be creative in tying it. (If you were smaller I think vs sells tape on bras so that you could support the non MX side, but I don't think they work well at your size.) At least that way you can see if it is some sort of a contact problem.

    It can also have something to do with the thinness of your skin. before I lost the right implant my skin was so tight that at the end of the day my boobies had a blue/red tint to them, but if I leaned back or lay down, it subsided. My Dr saw it during a visit, and he said it was the thinness/tightness of the skin and the weight of the implants when I was up and about. They seemed to think it would pass as the skin stretched out a bit more.

    Wendy.

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