I’m wondering if others who’ve had implant reconstructions felt worried a lot in the first weeks and months about doing something to cause the implant to rotate? And did you accidentally do things you shouldn’t without causing any problems?
Today I went out for the first time in weeks and pulled open a door with my ‘bad’ side that turned out to be a lot heavier than I’d anticipated. I immediately realised what I’d done and frankly sat tense and worried for the rest of the trip. So now my chest aches and I’m obsessing over whether the implant looks slightly different. I only had my right side MX and pre-pec implant reconstruction two weeks ago. I’ve really been trying hard to follow the rules - no housework, no sports, no heavy lifting, no raising my arms about my shoulders, do the exercises etc. I’ve still got my drain in too. Initially I think the reconstruction looks ok although now the swelling has reduced more it feels quite lumpy. I get aching in the evenings along the inside cleavage edge of the implant and the top of my chest feels bruised to touch at times.
I think a major issue behind my worry is this is my 3rd op after one successful lumpectomy (for original DCIS diagnosis 2-3 years ago) and one more recent less successful lumpectomy (for invasive cancer and DCIS). As a result of the latter op and the subsequent hematoma/ seroma complications, I’ve effectively been recovering from surgeries since late May and I’m quite restless so really having to sit on my hands to avoid overdoing things. I feel I need to recover without any setbacks this time because I’ve already been off work double the amount of time initially anticipated and now I’ve been diagnosed BRCA2 positive I know I’m going to need more time off in future to have the other breast removed and probably my ovaries too. So I feel like I can’t afford to screw this up 