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Aw Hope!  I will pray it is just an infection (I assume that's what mrsa stands for?)  By Friday there is a VERY good chance that you will be responding to the antibiotics you started today and won't have to miss the trip to ND...

Hope4future - Sending tons of hugs and good wishes your way.  I SOOO hope that this is just an infection, and that you respond quickly to the antibiotics.  I'm so sorry you have to go through this.  By saying MRSA in the lymph node, I wonder if he doesn't mean you have a MRSA infection somewhere nearby and the lymph node, which the infection is draining to, is enlarged because its fighting the infection.  That's what lymph nodes do.  I suspect they want to take it out so they can biopsy it just to make absolutely sure its not something worse, but try not to dwell on that - it seems unlikely if that was your non-BC side to start with.  Where are you going in ND?  I grew up in Fargo-Moorhead!  Best to you...

CoolBreeze - Best wishes to you for your surgery tomorrow.  I'm sorry it looks like the reconstruction may not be all you'd hoped for, but hopefully it will turn out better than you expect.  I'm confused though...you're saying one will be smaller than the other, and I assume you mean its the recon side that will be smaller than your natural side.  Otherwise he could just use a smaller implant to match your natural side.  But a few days ago you posted that the PS was also going to put a small implant in your natural side.  If the natural side is already going to be bigger, this makes no sense.  If that is still the plan I would really encourage you to talk to him once again before the surgery and ask him why the augmentation in your natural side is needed if its already bigger than your recon side will be.  (Maybe I'm not understanding, sorry.)  All my best to you that you get the best outcome possible, and recover quickly.

CS

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I feel for your pain right now, and I am sorry.

Judy ~ Grandchildren are the best!!  When we meet in Vegas I have about 3 albums of Chloe Rae pictures to share . . . .

Regarding flying ~ I had a note from my Dr. regarding the expanders in case it was needed.  Of course I set off the alarms on the way home from San Francisco and was reaching for my note when the inspector asked me about my belt.  I responded that I wasn't wearing a belt and he looked at me strangely.  I had purchased a belt while there and was wearing it . . . don't wear them often and had totally forgotten about it.  Flew a few times with no problems ~ other than my chemo brain.

Colleen

The antibiotic he gave me is  Zyvox - I did a search on it and it seems like a lot of people were put on it for mrsa.  If anyone can help me with the how they felt on it I would appreciate it.  Thank you for the support.  I had a good cry and feel better after all your support.  I think I can crawl back out of my dark hold now! Thanks again.

bcincolorado:  Best of luck to you on your surgery and a speedy recovery!

Rebecca:  I am beginning to think that y'all are taking youth pills you look so good--no way would I have though you were even old enough to have grown children let alone grandchildren!

Estepp:  Sounds like you have a great PT!  I hope you have a speedy recovery.

coolbreeze:  I am so sorry you got this news the night before your surgery!  My first consult with a PS I was told I only had one option plus I needed radiation and would have to wait a year and a half for reconstruction.  Sometimes you just need to get a 2nd or 3rd opinion.  I am also thin but I kept  pushing until I found a dr. who would do what I needed to have done.  Don't  give up hope yet--you may have to travel in order to find the right dr. but it's worth it  Hang in there!. 

Hope4future:  I am hoping the antibiotics take care of whatever is going on with you and that it's just a minor infection. 

Lilah:  You posted pic's!  As soon as I figure out how to do it I will post mine too.

cs777: Thanks for thinking about me. My surgery is 6/17. I am counting the minutes. My TE's are in my armpits tonight and I cannot wait to get of them!!

Judy,  so sorry about your continuing TE saga.   So Happy about your grandson!

coolbreeze~~ im not sure if its the same for you,but i had that little breast tissue naturally,the smallest implant was actually BIGGER than my own breasts!

 Lucky i was having a bilateral or i'd have been very lopsided. I hope all goes well.

Val~~ i can see your new boobs from all the way over here in England! wow! Hope mine look that good in 16 days when i jet off in my TE's!

Wow, it's hard to keep up- there is so much going on.

 Judy, A great big Mazel Tov!  

Laura, healing prayers to you and may God continue to work thru your PT's hands

Hope,  As CS said, the lymph node is doing its job by fighting the infection. It sounds like the docs didn't waste time before getting you on zyvox which is good for fighting MRSA.  Try to stay away from people with obvious colds or other infections.  How do you fel? Have they done cultures?

Lilah, your pics look amazing and the swelling will get better every day

Cool- I've learned that being thin is not always a blessing and I'm sorry that your BS waited till now to spring this on you. Good luck with your surgery.

Jerusha,  only a few more days of footballs under your armpits, hang in there.. Soon you will have amazing yippee squishees.

Val, while the pic is tiny and my eyes are squinting;  I CAN still see a lot of beaudacious ta-ta- ness

I'm still about 3 weeks out from surgery and I'm having bizarre exchange dreams every night!  Did anyone else go through this right before exchange?  I haven't been this sleep deprived since I brought my son home from the hospital!  :- O

I need your advice ladies. I finally got my date for Exchange (Sept 8th). Not a moment too soon as the TE's were placed Dec 4th. Just my luck that my PS was pregnant and went on mat leave. Didn't want to switch to someone else. Anyway Sept 8 is exchange and I am being pushed back to work Sept 2. What can I expect for exchange. I have two TE's and one was a LD due to radiation. They are not level at the moment which will have to be fixed. How long should I expect to be off and what level of discomfort will there be? Any thoughts and guidance would be appreciated.

Valerie~~ its funny you should mention sloshing around from the TE's!!

I saw one of my girlfriends last night,and thats something she asked me!! I have never heard the saline sloshing no matter what i've been doing (maybe i havn't been putting enough effort in ) and i thought she was messing about when she asked me! LOL I never even considered they might do that! How funny would that be??? My hub would laugh his head off! My tummy has sloshed about before,but never my foobs!!

Jain, what is a LD? I'm sorry they are pushing you to come back to work so soon,  The nurse at the PS told me you need a long weekend to recover. I had my exchange on Thursday (5 days ago)  and if I had to and had no choice- I would have been able to go back to work [ at a sedentary desk job]  yesterday. That said, I feel a lot spunkier today and its been 5 days

Lilah, I found it very liberating as well to post the pics too.  I think the kind and gentle responses have been very helpful in me accepting my new body.  

If DH tells me one more time that these new ones (@-@) are better than the originals- which he first said during the TE phase even before I had the exchange.

OK, I know he is accurate. aesthetically to say it, and I know he is trying to be supportive, but I asked him to please never say that to me again,  I found it so hurtful. What they lacked in aethetic perfection, they more than made up for in sensuality.