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Hi Ree

I am considering having an expander put in and then replaced with a fuzzy brazillian implant have you heard of these? i saw them on Acurrent Affair and spoke to my plastic surgeon about them he said they are good and everything I read about them is positive, they are teardrop shaped. I have a question for everyone out there what do you wear when you have your expander in but havent had the other side operated on to match do you just wear padding????

I hope your expander gets fixed soon...

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Ditto Ree, my right one is folded up and bulges on the corner too.  Yes very weird, they are gonna fix that up next week too!!  I will give you a run down after my op next week so you know what to expect.  My big concern is how long I will need to be in hospital??  My sister is coming up for a few days so the kids can go to school as normal, but If I am in longer than the two days hubby will need to travel back and pick up the kids.

So I will keep you posted.  My friends impants were tearshapes and look more like a natural breast, mine  is roundish and looks a bit squarish too, definately not model material.

Tanya

Ditto Ree, my right one is folded up and bulges on the corner too.  Yes very weird, they are gonna fix that up next week too!!  I will give you a run down after my op next week so you know what to expect.  My big concern is how long I will need to be in hospital??  My sister is coming up for a few days so the kids can go to school as normal, but If I am in longer than the two days hubby will need to travel back and pick up the kids.

So I will keep you posted.  My friends impants were tearshapes and look more like a natural breast, mine  is roundish and looks a bit squarish too, definately not model material.

Tanya

Hi Di...I was wondering if you could tell me how I can read just the messages that are left on my profile without having to scroll all the connections? My computer is very slow and I find at the moment I do not concentrate for long on one thing. Unfortunately there was a phone message from someone offering to help me but the persons message and the phone number was accidently deleted before I wrote it down.

I had my "Pity Party" on saturday and am now ready to get started on whatever is next for me to do.

Thanks for your support  Jacqui

Hi Jacqui -- glad to see you made it home safe and sound.  I'm totally with you on the pampering, you definitely deserve it!  Mind you, I just came home from having a lovely facial and massage, so I guess I *would* say that! :) 

Hi Jac,

Hope you are feeling  better today, the wait for results is so hard but you know nothing you can do can change them. This is how i got through the waiting every time i got worried I would just say to myself "it is what it is" and then kept so busy. Going through old photos i found was a great distraction they make you laugh and cry good therapy I reckon.I have made quite a few photo books too.

You are doing amazing and as Ree says pamper yourself  take time out for you and listen to your body.

Thinking of you

Colb

Hi Ree, thanks for the pep talk, sorry for not getting back sooner but only got home from hospital yesterday,I was kept in for an extra day as I had a drain this time, you never know what you are going to wake up with, the op before I expected a drain and it didn't happen this time I had not expected it and there it was.

We won't know the results until Tues or Wednesday but am of course hopeful.

I will be taking your advice and have a bit of me time as after any op I think a bit of pampering doesn't hurt.

I am hoping to go back to work for at least a couple of weeks before I start radiotherapy, just to have contact with friends and co workers I think will help get things back to normal.

Well I will say cheerio for now and go start on my 1 hr pity party for today, as after the trip home yesterday feel a bit fragile.

Hi Ree,

I can so relate with your sense of hiding and hoping it all fades away. I am nearing my 5 year mark yippee.. and now am looking at reconstruction. I have a marvellous family and great friends but they seriously thought my journey was over one of my friends said to me "are you still going through that" I laughed and said," yes this is my life". I still wake up every morning single breasted, come home from work throw off my prothesis and madly scramble to my room if someone knocks on the door unexpectantly. My husband is my rock he understands and is a master of balancing the look of my chest, my kids have never acted any differently so I  know I am very lucky. But I guess only those going through it can truly understand.Which is why this website is brilliant.  I am 43 years old and trying to decide if I go down the road of reconstruction with tissue expanders. Some days I am keen other days I tell myself not to be so vain.

You are so right about people not wanting to talk about it and for us it is hard, as it is now such a big part of us. We confront it every day. If you would like to talk anytime please contact me.

Colb