First Chemo

Hi Lyn

I figure if I can't see the funny side of things then I'll go insane!!  It helps to keep me positive too :)

Yes, I have had both sides done - after the first mastectomy in 2003 I had a tram flap reconstruction (delayed due to an anaphylactic reaction to the blue dye!) and this time I have had a lattimus dorsi reconstruction (done at the same time as the mastectomy).  My only problem now is that the new one is perkier than the old one!!  Ha Ha Ha, all my friends will be so jealous when theirs start heading south and mine still stand up by themselves :) 

I will still need to have the expander replaced with a permanent prosthesis early next year (after chemo) and then the nipple reconstruction and tattooing (yay, more tats that no-one but my hubbie will see!).  Can't wait for it all to be over but so far it hasn't been too bad.

Good luck with the rest of your radiation treatment....I was lucky enough to avoid that both times, which is great.

Take care,

Louise