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Reggiewedge
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8 years ago

Breast reconstruction after 17 nodes removed and radiotherapy

Hi, I had a double mastectomy in August when an expander was fitted for breast reconstruction, unfortunately I had to have lymph nodes removed on the left side which has resulted in chemo and I will s...
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primek
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8 years ago
@Reggiewedge ...fyi scorpionqueen has an infection. Very rare 8 months after surgery. Implants removed to wash the pocket area out.  They have offered to replace almost immediately infection cleared , so I doubt they think it any more than an unfortunate event...very unfortunate. She's is just concentrating on healing and deciding where she will go from here.