Hi everyone, I’m now 11 weeks post-op following Bilateral Mastectomy and Immediate Reconstruction using tissue expanders. The immediate post-op discomfort hasn’t lessened that much, in fact I’m still on Tramadol and Lorazepam regularly!!
3 weeks ago at the Royal Marsden I was told the pain is being caused by my left expander moving!! The Consultant was able to move it with her hands and that reproduced the pain I’ve been getting in the ribs. She doesn’t know why this has happened and quite honestly told me that she doesn’t have any magic solutions for me. She suggested I try wearing a tight fitting sports bra 24/7 until my next appointment and see what happens.
I went back yesterday as my right expander has swollen up a lot and it turns out there’s an infection on that side so I’m now on antibiotics but Miss MacNeill said that she doesn’t think the expander on the left is going to settle without further surgery to make the pocket smaller.
I wondered if anybody else has had this done and if so what it entailed? As my chest is still too tight to drive wouldn’t this make it feel EVEN tighter?
Anybody got any ideas?
Trudie.