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What was your mobility after Mastectomy (and hygiene)?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Nov 20, 2022 | Replies (21)

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@d13

High everyone. I haven’t been in here for quite awhile. I had my final implant surgery done in December of 2021. The plastic surgeon took the right breast expander out and put in the permanent implant and also put a new one in my left breast which I had cancer in 1995; so he said it needed replaced because of the age of it. Now, ten month later I got an infection in it. Put me on antibiotics for the ten days. There are still red marks where the infection is. He doesn’t want to give me anymore antibiotics because they gave me stomach nausea. Going in to see him in another week so he can assess what he can do next. The left implant has always been feeling tight and sensitive to the touch. Doesn’t move at all. The right implant needs to be redone also. Looks like half of it is flat and very saggy . At this point, he did say that they could be fixed to look more symmetrical. I’m a little worried about this. Why weren’t they done properly the first time? He of course said that sometimes happens; referring to the left breast implant with patients who had radiation previously. I didn’t have this problem with any infections with the first implant done by a different plastic surgeon. I would have gone back to him, but had my mastectomy local to my area. Now, wondering also about how my insurance will handle this so called repair job! Don’t know if this would be covered by insurance, since the surgeon is at fault for not getting it right the first time. I just want to get this over with before the end of the year.

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Replies to "High everyone. I haven’t been in here for quite awhile. I had my final implant surgery..."

Welcome back @d13. I'm so sorry that you're dealing with a nasty infection with the implant replacement. It can happen that radiation affects the symmetry of breasts. I hope things work out in your favor with insurance coverage.

Has the infection all cleared now?