Hi ladies
I’ve not got the full results of my biopsies yet, that should be through either tomorrow or Monday. I am under Ged Byrne at Wythenshawe, Manchester and Prof. Gareth Evans (Family Genetics) @ St Marys in Manchester. I do not have the BRAC1/2 issue, I have Li Fraumeni Syndrome (p53 gene) I had adrenal cancer when I was 18 months old, no further cancers since. My mother had breast/ovarian cancers and died aged 27, my brother had leukemia and died aged 18 months old… Li Fraumeni is/was apparent in us all.
My nurse talked me through tissue expanders today… I’m still trying to come to terms with losing a big part of me and having foreign bodies in their place.
Could any of you give me an indication of timescales between having the tissue expanders in (and your feelings about your body whilst they are being expanded) and having them changed to implants? My partner is wonderful and has said he will love me no matter what I look like, but I’m afraid vanity is kicking in. I don’t have high self-esteem as it is.
How do you feel in yourself? Besides the pain aspect?
I am at a total loss and do not know where to start with all this, so any help would be appreciated.
Poannie xx