Pain breast reconstruction
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Hi! I had a mastectomy of my right breast with immediate reconstruction via implants in May, 2008. I had complications and had multiple surgeries to correct the issues, the last being in 2011. Lately, I have began to experience pain in that breast. Sometimes it's sharp, with a small dull ache all of the time. I've scheduled a mammogram to have it checked, but am wondering if this is normal. Has anyone else suffered with this same symptom?
A related discussion, <a href="/posts/Breast-Cancer/Pain-in-abd/show/2769677">Pain in abd</a> was started.
Thanks a lot for give us this important space where to get such information about to many concerns.
I was diagnosed breast cancer in my right breast Ductal carcinoma in Situ, And mastectomy is the recommendation.
My conflict , is like the member mayg: Tram Flap or Tissue Expander?
by maryg May 07, 2004 12:00AM "I'm not crazy about the scarring I have seen on the breast and stomach that goes along with tram flap, but also want to have the best long-term result.
My mastectomy and all breast reconstruction was covered by my insurance. If you live in the US it is a federal law, you can look it up under
"1998 Federal Breast Reconstruction Law".
Also before I had the reconstruction (but post mastectomy) my breast prostheses were covered by insurance as well, including 6 bras to hold the prostheses.
The 3 separate general anesthesia surgeries in one year was not easy.
15, 2004. My cancer in the breast was microscopic and throughout the breast, also had lymph nodes they took out 31 and had cancer in 30nodes. I received AC chemo then Taxotere, radiation and received Herceptin for 1yr.
This past Sept 2008, I was finally ready for reconstruction. The surgeon took the Latt. muscle from my back to help with reconstruction and put in a expander. To make a long story short I've had to get another surgeon and am waiting on insurance again.
Thinking of having other breast removed and reconstruction (bilateral). Im 42 years of age was diagnosed with breast cancer stage 3 no lymph node involvement and other DCI insitu on same breast had the mastectomy 6 months of chemo (FEC100) and 25 shots of radiation over by the end of November 2007. Still nervous and concerned about reoccurence!! Like most of us.
I am undergoing a mastectomy with reconstruction being done at the same time. I am having an implant done. My concern is that I do medical rehab. deep tissue massage and I don't know how all of this is going to effect my ability to do this work.
This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/260623'>ACTIVIITY AFTER RECONSTRUCTION</a>.
Due to DCIS, I had a mastectomy of my right breast and a tram flap last May. No chemo, no radioation. The tram flap did not take and I ended up with huge wounds on my abdomen and breast. I am now healed and my plastic surgeon says I can have now an implant placed in my breast area. He suggested I start with an expander, have scar revision done on my tummy, and in about 8 weeks (after the skin has stretched) have implants placed.
The time it takes depends on how the reconstruction is done. Very few general surgeons are trained in breast reconstruction, and they are trained by plastic surgeons.
They would be listed in the Yellow Pages under "Pain", "Chronic Pain", Pain Clinic" .... they are normally Anesthesiologists who have specialized in various methods of controlling chronic pain.
i had a lumpectomy 3 years ago. finished ny chemo in december 05 and finished radiation in march 06, i am 51 years old and would like to reconstruct, can an implant be used
This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/261359'>breast reconstruction after lumpectomy</a>.
I actually have many questions. First, I had a double mastectomy almost 3 years ago with just an expander and silicone implants. Cancer had occurred 3 times, 2 times on the right and once on the left, so I decided to do a double mastectomy. I am still not finished the completion of reconstruction, as the one breast is off center and lower then the other one, and also has a dent in it.
I have a patch, like one you would find in the hippie days when they patched their jeans. It is awful. Then my breast is nowhere close to the size of the other breast. My tram flap was placed under my arm and not on my chest. No matter what I do, you can see my breast mass under my arm from behind me. In the front the bra is always wrinkled in the front. But all that said, it is painful. It feels like I have fire burning my skin on a pretty much constant basis.
I had radiation of both breast prior to the mastectomys. I am looking into breast reconstruction. I am very active and do not want to have surgery that would use muscle. How succesful is breast expander post radiation?
However, I now have a horrible 3-4 in scar from the surgery, which has left my breast disformed and ugly. Do I qualify for breast reconstruction to fix my breast, and make them uniform again, and will my insurance cover it? ( My husband is active duty military, so I have full military insurance.)
Thanks for the input.
No matter what I said to my Doctors they all swore it was scar tissue causing the pain. When I went for my reconstruction and mastectomy of remaining breast the surgeon was kind enough to do a very thorough ultra sound and she found a pocket of fluid which was removed during my reconstruction. Pain all gone.
I hope you get some relief soon. Best wishes.
//www.medhelp.org/posts/Breast-Cancer/Trans-flap-vs-implants/show/1308880?personal_page_id=384050
This additional link below,(Sue Young) also gives important suggestions compiled from posts on pre and post-surgery preparations
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Breast-Cancer/How-can-I--prepare-for-my-bilateral-mastectomy/show/1227057?personal_page_id=384050#post_5678838
I really hope that this will help a little and I wish you the best and good luck on whatever you decide.
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