TE/Implant OVER pectoral Can exercise, comfortable &NO RIPPLES!
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kae, it will take a while for the nerve block to wear off so in the mean time I have a dead arm in a sling which feels so crazy. I'll know more tomorrow.
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Twills,
oh i see.... did the procedure take long
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Andraxo, 2FUN, macb04....Ding Ding Ding!!!! I was given a 10 day course of Levaquin for breast infection following the revision!! Started it 12/8/17, rotator pain started 12/10!! Also, had been on it spring of 2016, bingo!! Uggh, add it to the list of meds I can't take.
No, I am not on Tamoxifen, yes I had CRP tested (negative) and I do take Turmeric (Curcumin) mixed w/chondroitin and msm. I am so sorry you ladies had to experience the awful tendon issues, but man am I glad I posted my tendon issues here as you helped me figure out what caused it!! Now to find out how to counter act that awful side effect.
macb04, is the low level laser therapy something I could ask for at PT? I am glad the curcumin gives you some relief!! I think I will start drinking more golden milk and cooking w/turmeric a lot more.
TWills, glad all went well w/your procedure. I hopt to hear if it gives you lasting relief!!
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kae, not very long. From the time they put me out until I was awake was an hour. Not sure exactly how long he worked on me though. He originally said it would take 5 mins, I'm sure that was not exactly how long but it got the idea that it would be quick.
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I got the Low Level Laser at Bastyr University's Natural Medicine Clinic in Seattle. It is a Naturopathic Medicine Clinic. Some other places I have seen list that they do Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) are some PT practices/Chiropractors and Naturopaths. You could do a Google Search for your area, just put in Low Level Laser Therapy and the name of your town or city. I chose Bastyr University's Natural Medicine Clinic because I had been there before, and because they offered a sliding scale fee for people like me who had to pay out of pocket. My insurance at the time I got the treatment wouldn't cover Naturopath or other places doing LLLT.
Where do you live, I can help you look if you want to PM me.
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fyi, since LLLT is not yet "proven"(not enough research has been done) it is usually not covered by insurance. The machine is expensive. I know some PTS that will use it, and not bill for it b/c they want people to get better. I think LLLT is the same thing as"cold laser". I should look.into it a bit more. There isn't much in the PT journals about it.
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I was so relieved to get to the bottom of the unexplained tendonitis I forgot to say a big THANK YOU gals!! I never would have known and may have further injured myself by going back on the medication. This forum has been so helpful in ways I didn't expect! Will pm you macb04 🤗
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I've posted before about my problems with Cipro, too. I took it for a UTI in 2015 and a few days into it I discovered a nodule on the arch of one foot. When I googled "painful red lump on sole of foot" some info came up about SE's of Cipro. My PCP didn't think that was it and told me to see a podiatrist if it didn't improve. Needless to say, having never had a similar problem in my life - I quit taking the Cipro. The area got smaller and the pain went away over time, but it's still there. It's a problem with the fascia which is basically a huge tendon.
Fast forward to a serious breast infection 5 weeks after my BMX. After 3 days of IV antibiotics, the Infectious Disease doctor sent me home on 2 weeks of 2 different antibiotics - one of which was Cipro! I was too freaked out about the possibility of losing the implant to say anything. I mean - I wasn't completely sure that it was the culprit with my foot thing. But sure enough, about a week into it I started having weird pains in my wrists, elbows, shoulders, and knees. And my fingers were swollen every morning. The knees were so bad that I could barely navigate stairs and my hands kept me up at night. The ID told me to stop the Cipro and that it would get better. Nope.
Long story but, after freaking out that maybe it was some sort of weird thing with the Herceptin, I ended up seeing a Rheumatologist. He put me on Meloxicam first which helped a bit with the wrists. Then he gave me a Medrol dosepak which helped a lot - except one shoulder that seemed like a different kind of pain. He gave me one cortisone shot which did nothing.
So on to the Orthopedist. The PA there said rotator cuff after xray and then sent me for an MRI which showed fraying of one tendon and a possible tear in another. When I followed up with the MD, he said frozen shoulder and gave me 2 incredibly painful shots and then pulled my arm up over my head! That was possibly the worst pain I've ever had. He wanted me to go to PT. Instead I babied my arm for a few days and, as the pain got better, I started doing gentle ROM exercises.
There is some super scary info out there about horror stories of people on Cipro. I'm happy to say that I'm feeling fairly normal (whatever that is) these days. I have Cipro on my allergy list now as well.
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I guess that anything new takes a while to gain acceptance, so I am hoping that LLLT will eventually be the same. Remember Prepectoral was initially said to be unfeasible/impossible. Just needs to get more research to win over opinions of the medical community and then the insurance industry. It has already won me over by fixing my Rotator Cuff injury.
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can you give me an idea of the treatment protocol? how many sessions? how frequent were the sessions?
did they treat the muscle belly or the tendon.TIA
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Well I had 2 sessions. I just pointed out the spots that hurt and they just did it for a couple of 2 or 3 minute preprogrammed cycles or the Low Level Laser in those areas. I know that sounds ridiculously simplistic, but it really was just that easy. For more severe problems more treatments would be needed, I would guess.
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ladies i need your help pls.. i have tried and tried wearing a bra ( jockey,target bralette) but i really cannot tolerate them. i feel so tight towards the afternoon and i cant stand it. i havent worn a bra for like 10 years because they feel so tight to me.. can you suggest a camisole with built in bra( its what i have been using but i am bigger after the exchange that i cannot use them anymore) with good support? cobbie did not work for me and i have the Still you cami.. i have ordered the amoena.i have 415 cc of gummies.. any other recommendations? im desperate as i dont want anymore surgery.
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did you try a masectomy bra fitter? Our local shop carries camis and swimwear etc
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i have not 2Fun... i will try..
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Kae, I have also tried the cami's with a shelf bra from Duluth Trading. I am a large person, usually a 42 C and quite fluffy. The 2XL was SWIMMING on me!
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2FUN, just got the amoena.the band is too tight.
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2FUN,is the cami from Duluth Trading padded? it does not show on their website.how is the band that goes under the breasts?not too tight?
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there is no padding. It's basically like a short cami with narrow elastic that goes under your breasts. It was too lose for me, but I've always worn a bra
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yes those are the ones that i can tolerate/wear.....maybe i will try it..
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I’m glad this question was asked. I just bought several very nice quality sport bras with excellent support. I thought they fit me well, however after 22 hours I went to shower before bed and my breatsss looked blue and bruised! Is this possible to constrict blood flow to your implant skin so much that it looks this way? I was not feeling constricted wearing them and they appear to fit well.
Mim
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Sorry no one else responded Mimi, so I will put in my two cents. Most Sports Bras are known to be a bit more snug, ie tighter, because they are designed to minimize breast motion with high impact activity. Also, I kind of wonder if you have full sensitivity of your skin following the mx? I don't, so I wondered if you might not have felt the tightness in the same way you might have before the mx?
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Thanks Macb04;
Guess what, I had a bilateral bleed. The bra caused it although rare. My PS was stumped but it resolved without intervention, over time. But not before they swelled, became VERY painful as it stretched my healing internal sutures and turned bluish gray then yellow. All resolved now.
Mimi
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hi all,
i am 4 months out of exchange. lately, i've been feeling the edges of my implants quite often. like i am wearing bowls on my chest and i could feel their edges. anyone experience this and did it go away?PS. i could not stretch that much because of bilateral frozen shoulders..thanks
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Hi kae, did you have fat grafting? I wonder if initially you had some swelling after exchange, which masked the implant edges, which has subsided over time. Most of the time Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction is followed by Fat Grafting to fix that very issue. I had the Fat Grafting before I even got the TE, but the same idea.
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macbo4,i did not have FG....i really dont want anymore surgery at this time.and i heard its painful?....
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I think how painful Fat Grafting is varies with how much fat is taken, and from where on your body. I had Fat Grafting done several times. It was sometimes bad the day of, strangely enough not that bad after that for me. If you ask how painful it is, the response really varies. I just know that my reconstructed breast is warm and has no implant edges, which I figure is due to my grafted fat. I totally get not wanting more surgery. I am done as well.
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boy, I am really lucky that I feel no edges and I didn't have fat grafting. This is crazy how the sAmerican journey is so different for all of us!
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It really does vary so darned much, you're right about that, 2FUN. And macb is right about the FG pain too - you'll get as many different answers on that as there are people who have had it done, it seems. The pain after my FG procedure was awful. But, as she pointed out, it depends on how much is removed and for me it was quite a bit. I'd say the recovery from my FG surgery was by far the longest and most painful of all the procedures I had done (and there were a lot!) I'm also lucky on not being bothered by the edges of my implants and am D-O-N-E with surgery.
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i dont feel the t edgesall the time but i do feel heaviness... is it possible to switch to a smaller implant ? i mean smaller diameter and maybe lesser projection? i have nipples and my skin is stretched already.... just wondering..
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I'm so appreciative of what I've learned on this forum since my diagnosis in October! This is my first posted question and it's about recovery from my pre-pectoral implant placement coming up on Wednesday!
I had a nipple sparing mastectomy on Dec. 12, 2017 when an expander was placed over the muscle. It was partially filled with air and I just had to go in once to have the air removed and the expander filled with liquid. I have to say that I have been amazed at how my mastectomy side does not lookas drastically different from my natural side, and my recovery from the mastectomy was not too bad. I feel very lucky about the advances in surgery and reconstruction, and I really like my doctors. The expander feels weird and has some ripples, but considering what was done I am amazed.
On Wednesday my ps will exchange the expander for an implant and lipofill the thin areas above the implant, taking the fat from my abdomen. He will also give me a slight lift on the natural side and lipofill if needed to match the new one. I might end up slightly larger than I was, but not much.
I'm asking this way too late, but I've been reading that my body won't be at its "new normal" for months and my daughter is getting married in May. I don't think I will look much different in clothing when it's all done, (though hoping for flatter tummy and slightly perkier breasts) but when will my body be close enough to try on mother of the bride dresses? Should I have done this before the implant surgery?
I know it's not that important in the scheme of things, but life goes on, right?
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