Breast Cancer Now Forum

Long story, but I'll try & give you a short version. I had a full mastectomy June 2013. I had already had a breast augmentation so when my surgeon did my MX he left in my original implant, intending to exchange it later. In November 2013 I was due for my reconstruction. On the day it was a different surgeon who I had never met. The end result was horrendous. I have seen a solicitor & the NHS have admitted liability. I need further surgery, but am wanting a new surgeon. If any of you have had great results of implant reconstruction & uplift to other breast. I would love a recomendation. Please PM me with your surgeons names if you dont mind. Hope you can help me here ladies as this has been a nightmare. ... View more

I had breast cancer last year & had a total mastectomy. I am in the process of reconstruction at the moment. I am 48 and am post menopause, my last period being 5 and a half years ago.  Last week I started to have watery, blood tinged discharge and lower back pain in the morning. I saw my gp today & she swabbed for infection but doesn't think it is as I have no itching or bad odour. She has referred me as urgent for a transvaginal scan and possible hysteroscopy depending on the scan results. She tried to do a smear test as well, but I was in too much pain when she attempted to insert the speculum  which worried me somewhat as Im usually fine. She mentioned womb cancer as a possibility & I am now really worried.  Has anyone else experienced this at all? ... View more

I had a MX to my right breast in July. I had previous cosmetic breast inplants & the surgeon left in my original implant after the MX rather than use an expander.  The plan was to exchange the implant for a larger one at a later date & do a mastppexy to my left side for symmetery. Had my reconstruction on 3rd October. It was  a surgeon I had never seen before ( new to te team). She thought I had an expander in & thought she was doing one side. I explained the plan to her. She proceeded to tell me that she did not have the correct implants but would would go ahead as there would be only 100cc difference which probably would not be noticeable. Bear in mind, I get married in Jamaica on 11th November ( fly on the 7th). I was panicking at this point & really upset. I signed the consent & went to theatre.   OMG....I looked at my breasts afterwards & there was 2 cup sizes difference. She had put a 360 implant in each side !! I originally had in 300cc implants, but obviously I still had breast tissue as well in my left side. I looked deformed. This was supposed to give me symmetery & I looked worse.   I asked for a complaint form & requested to se my original surgeon. I got an appointmnet on 8th October. He admitted that the surgery should not have been done & that the surgeon "may have panicked due to her lack of experience". He basically held his hands up & said it was unacceptable.   My reconstruction has now been done again on 17th October. I have had the right implant exchanged & my left breast lifted. They at least look the same size now, but the right one needs to drop & the swelling needs to go down.   This has been horrendous. I feel so tierd & sore. Two ops in 2 weks is too much. We fly to Jamaica for our wedding in just over 2 weeks. I wont be able to do things on honeymoon that I wanted to do. Swimming wiht dolphins, scuba diving & rafting are not possible now. I should have been 5 weks post op when we flew & the activities would have been possible then. I will now be 3 weeks post op. I couls not have gone away how I was though as I could not even have worn my wedding dress.   Had my surgery not been botched & been done correctly the first time, all would have been fine. I feel so let down by it all.   Sorry for the essay, but just wanted to tell someone who would understand. ... View more