Final chemo Jan 7
Happy New Year to you all. My sixth and final chemo is happening this Friday - it will be nice to get through the next two weeks and then hopefully start feeling "well" again and not having to get hi...
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Hi Di,
I have a tissue expander in at the moment and can quite comfortably lie on my side....not really on my tummy though as it feels like I am lying on something! The tissue expander gives a nice natural tear-drop shape to the breast and I am happy with the result.
I am having the expander replaced with the permanent prosthesis on 24th Feb so can give you some more info about that after then....
FYI I have not had any problems with my back either in case you decide to go for a latissimus dorsi type of reconstruction. It wasn't too painful - just felt swollen under my arm for quite some weeks but I had the reconstruction done at the same time as the mastectomy so some of the swelling could have been from that.
Louise :)