BREAST IMPLANT SIZING 101
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Who has had or knows of anyone that has received the Style 45 silicone implants? My PS is wanting to go with these in 800cc for me and I am curious if others that have gotten this style have an opinion one way or the other.
Kelly
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Kelly- I haven't had my exchange yet but my PS is also recommending the 45s because I like the projection of my TEs. I think he said 500 ccs for me. He told me that his practice has been recommending the 45s again because of the projection issue. Best of luck to you.
Kelly
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Yesterday I did my usual lotion & Bio-Oil applications, (constant...if my hands aren't full of lotion they're typing here or grooming a dog.) I changed ONE thing in my normal routine (like rubbing your boobs this much is normal, heh heh): I ate an avocado for dinner. I mixed it with salsa, grabbed some chips, and wow it was good... Today, my red incision scars. Look. AWESOME. Never have little red lines disappeared so completely so fast, my incision look less red, my skin around the incisions looks SO healthy.
So thanks for that tidbit, Whippetmom! You are so helpful; that you help me, without even TRYING to help me. How awesome are you!
Have you seen my pics lately on the forum, I think I'm as big as I dare (510 ccs) so I am trying to prepare for loss of projection so I won't be disappointed.
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Cameron: Oohhh....I don't know if it would happen that fast....
but, whatever works... And go to Costco and get those wonderfull Marcona almonds! YUMMMM....another great "skin" food. kdhawk: A number of gals on the pictures forum have the Style 45's. Go post this question on Exchange City also. If your PS wants to use 800 ccs, I applaud the use of the Style 45's - it gives you the most projection in a narrower footprint.
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Cameron....I'll go check out your photos....
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Just wanted to post a new clinical trial....
THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY ON THE RECONSTRUCTED BREAST
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01292772
I will be watching for updates on this very interesting and much-needed trial!
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Oh sweety.... I tried to decipher that read..... and I just am not.... um... smart enough to understand it.... ((( LOL)))
I am just going to trust..... that you will call me if any AMAZING thing is learned about rads and implants...............XXXOOO
I am going to TRY to keep up with your learning on this issue. As you 110% KNOW..... I do NOT want to have to have a flap surgery... down the road.... EVER..... soooooo..... I am trusting you will call little old me if I need to know something to pass on to my RADs sisters or know for my own past reconstruction........:)
In respect, ALWAYS.
Little old me..... ~wink~
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Oh I have an idea!
Who's up for an experiment? It's impossible to get LESS scientific, but it'll be fun. For me.
If you are reading this, and have incisions you are TRYING to heal, will you please look at your scars closely, eat an entire avocado, and see if they improve?
Not only am I curious, but I fancy myself a researcher.
You do not even have to qualify for this study, and NONE of you will be forced to take the placebo! (The placebo is a zucchini, just FYI).
If you are up to this challenge, just go buy an avocado. And p.s. I am not employed by the avocado industry, I just have too much time on my hands. Avocados are cheap people, just do it!
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I'm new here, have only posted a few times but had my exchange surgery a few weeks ago and I'm wondering how I can access the picture forum? I'm curious to know if I look "normal". Thanks
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JuJuBe: Hello and welcome to the thread. The most important thing is to establish yourself here on BCO as the picture forum is a separate and private site. Just start joining in and posting here so that we can all get to know you. Once you have done that I or one of the other gatekeepers will be more then happy to help you get there. At what point are you in the process?
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Cameron...............I like your style sister.......... BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! good one! LOVE IT !
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MBJ, I posted my story on the Exchange City thread, but to summarize I was diagnosed late last summer with DCIS (extensive), had BMX with TE's in Sept. Two weeks ago I had my exchange surgery (Mentor HP 550). I didn't have chemo or radiation. Needless to say, this was quite an ordeal but reading the stories of other women who have had to endure much more complex treatments puts things into perspective. I purposefully stayed away from reading too much on the internet, worried I would fall into a deep dark rabbit hole and only within the last two weeks have I been exploring this site. Part of me wishes I would've come aboard earlier as I have found many women here to be quite inspiring as well as informative. I'm happy to be nearing the end of this chapter of my life but, is it really ever over? Now, my focus is to find ways to improve my daily life, diet, exercise regime, etc. I'm looking forward to what's ahead!
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JuJuBe: I knew I recognized your name. Sometimes I come on here late at night and I'm not quite awake! Everyone's new foobs look a little bit weird in the beginning-kind of like hamburger buns--after a few weeks (or for me almost 4 months) the muscle relaxes and they settle into a more nautral shape, but it does take patience. Whippetmom was a great help and I shared my pictures with her in the beginning before I shared on the picture forum. Her help and advice were truly priceless.
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Cameron: I do eat a lot of avocados and my scars look pretty good.....hmm
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JuJube: Welcome and keep posting....you will be on the pictures forum before you know it!
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Cameron - I eat 1/2 avocado a day and am now jussssst waiting for my steri-strips to fall of and see my scars reduced to nothing!
...btw, how long did everyones steri strips stay on? Mine still feel firmly glued in place from exchange, it's been 3 weeks now. After BMX my surgeon removed them, but I don't go back till June to see him, I'd kinda like to get these off before then! ;-)
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Megan -- Mine stayed on a long while (probably 3 - 4 weeks if memory serves)... and I think I eventually kinda helped them when they were half stuck on and half off (probably not a great plan but I, like you, got tired of waiting).
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fire-dancer I was told after my biopsy not to touch the steri strips for 2 weeks then they should fall off by themselves. Yeah right. I ended up encouraging them BUT
Call your doctor's office and ask. Just because you don't see him till June doesn't mean you can't call. I'm sure the nurse can answer you question.
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thanks Lilah - that's what my PS did after BMX, he just peeled off the strip that was still attached...I am getting antsy to see how everything is healing under there, but these things aren't budging right now, I definitley don't remember my bmx steri's being so adhesive at this point...oh well, I'll wait a bit more and see :-)
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Lago - that's what I'm thinking - I was gonna call the office and see what the nurses say by the end of the week - that'll be getting close to a month. I have "picked" at the end of the strips in hope I might "loosen things up" ;-) but no dice!
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firedancer: It took a few weeks before mine came off. I imagine you want them to continue doing their job of holding you together. I am still healing from my nipple surgery--there is still a stubborn area that hasn't healed and I don't have a steri strip to hold it in place! I coaxed mine off when they started to come off and not before.
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thanks, MBJ - I am being a bit impatient, ;-) It just seems a lot longer than last time, but in all reality you are right, the strips are doing a pretty important job right now, and I should let them be without interfering...good thing I am in a sports bra 24/7 and my inner 'impatient child' doesn't have access to be fidgiting with the strips!
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Megan....Are you happy with your size now?
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I posted an updated pic of my hair chart on the hair thread i am at 19 weeks and I posted pics of my expanders on the pic forum called Delayed Tissue Expander Surgery if anyone wants to see. My screen name is the same as here.0
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I now am 6 weeks out from BPMX, skin sparring, not nipple sparring. I am currently filled to 750 with TE's, will 800cc implants look the same?
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Carroll- did you ever find the forum? If not,let me kow and I will pm you..I am going to check yours out rightnow:)
How come I did not get steri strips? I had two stitches on each breast with glue in between- I am going to eat more avocadoes...that sound syummy- I am using the silicone strips and they seem to be helping quite a bit...
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annetek i did not find your pics on the pic forum where are they? I have been having rouble finding things on there a lot.0
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RNjules: It all depends on the actual recommended volume of your TEs. If your TEs have a recommended volume of 750 ccs, implants with a volume of 800 ccs will be smaller than your TEs. If your TEs have a recommended volume of less than 750 ccs, say 650 ccs or 700 ccs, and you are overfilled by 50 or 100 ccs, then 800 ccs should give you approximately the same appearance as you have with your TEs currently. Verify for me the style and recommended volume of your TEs...
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Carrol: annettek's photos are two or three threads directly under yours on the pictures forum! Look for her name!
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thanks finally found it.
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