I havent posted since before my surgery
This discussion was created from comments split from: bilateral mastectomy then immediate reconstruction results.
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One thing different this time round is that your muscle is already stretched. So they could just pop in a tissue expander when they remove all the skin and once healed expand again. It will be mainly the skin stretching. The changeover surgery is really mild...after initial post op recovery I only took panadol. You can do the expansion slowly and just leave them in there until ready. My tissue expanders sat in at 3/4 filled for 18 months then the final fill a month before changeover. Not too tight this way. So I was really feeling well recovered before changeover surgery happened. I was back driving in 3 days and back at work following week...just no heavy lifting for a bit.
I know it seems a lot presently but you have gone this far and it seems a shame you'd need to then need a prosthesis to balance you or take the other implant out as well to go flat.
I had complications with my nipple reconstruction and cursed myself for the setback. ..but persisted knowing in 12 months it will just be a blip. Well 12 months on and I'm glad I did and the struggle really is a just distant moment in time now.
I know it seems a lot presently but you have gone this far and it seems a shame you'd need to then need a prosthesis to balance you or take the other implant out as well to go flat.
I had complications with my nipple reconstruction and cursed myself for the setback. ..but persisted knowing in 12 months it will just be a blip. Well 12 months on and I'm glad I did and the struggle really is a just distant moment in time now.