Wow I cant imagine how much your heads spinning so will try not to add further to it. I have had the dorso muscle (with implant) recon which failed, then tram flap which hadnt healed completely when i started chemo so it is damaged and now i have 1/2 a breast. the radiation didnt seem to do any damage to the breast and i had no burning. I do have back probs from dorso with a bit of spine curvature. i now suggest to anyone thats asks to have mastecomy, chemo, radiation then look at recon. I was 400kms from home too so just wanted to get it over with so i could get on with life, so I understand you situation. Having said all that I was recently at the 2nd conference for younger woman and spoke to a lady that had tramflap with a implant underneath it so has a full size breast. (something I wasnt offered) I was thinking if you check out the seminars from that conference (which is on this site) you may find more options that could suit you. I'm going to look into having the implant put in under my musle so i dont have to use a prothesis. Maybe the implant could be removed and then replaced if you ever had to have radiation as it sounded like a simple proceedure putting it in but maybe worth asking the question. Also having the muscle over the implant may protect it a little?? Is your sister available to help you with these decisions? if not a problem shared is a problem halved, this site is great for sharing and I'm sure you will get others ideas too. Hope this helps and good luck, Kaz
