Tissue Expander
Hello - first time on this page. I am having a masectomy and tissue expander in January. Can you let me know what sort of exercise I can do. I seem to be told it will be 6 months before I can return ...
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I think it is up to the surgeon and the patient. I could have had it twice a week if I wanted. But I found that once a week was enough. If the expanding happends too quickly it can hurt more. I had 50ml in each side every week. Some weeks hurt more than others (a bit like the pain that you have when your milk comes in when you have huge boobs during breast feeding) they are hard, heavy and I had little shooting pains (which I'm guessing was just the muscle being streatched). I was also told that I could have had 100ml in at a time, but I wasn't fussed with how long the process was going to take. Longer was ok with me, if the pain was less. Best wishes