Re: The Night before

[Guest guest]

Good luck Tammy. Take care of yourself and let us all know how you are doing!

Christy

[Guest guest]

Good Luck Tammy!

The Night before

Hello friends,There was a cancelation in the surgery schedule for Monday (tomorrow)and they offered it to me, so I guess I get these bad boys outtomorrow bright and early. I'm a bit nervous, but mostly I'm relievedbecause I thought I was going to be on a waiting list for a few moremonths.Since I had breast cancer and a mastectomy on one side, I decided togo ahead and get a gluteal flap reconstruction (they take someflesh/fat from my butt and use it to rebuild a breast). The surgerywill be about 8 hours long. I went around and around on whether to doany reconstruction at all, but I decided to give it one last try. Ithink it's kind of ironic that I didn't go the route of reconstructingusing my own flesh at the time of my mastectomy 2 years ago, because Ithought the implants proceedure was so much easier..........Wow, did Imake the wrong choice! Well I hope this might mark the end to all ofthis horrible RA, Sjogren's, etc.Thanks for all the wonderful advise. Keep it coming! I don't think aday goes by that I don't learn something new from all of you.God Bless you all,Tammy (a)

[Guest guest]

Tammy,

Congratulations on getting and early appointment! Our

prayers will be with you.

Please keep us updated on how you do ... You're one of

the quiet ones! I'm glad to know you're there and

benefiting from our experiences!

Hugs (gentle) and prayers,

Rogene

[Guest guest]

Dear Tammy,

I hope you are feeling up to letting us know how your explant

went...I am very happy for you that things turned out this way and

you were able to get in sooner than expected!

I imagine with the more extensive surgery that you had due to your

previous mastectomy, your recuperating time is going to be a bit

more involved. I do hope you are feeling good and I pray you feel a

great sense of relief at being able to put the chapter on breast

implants in your life into a closed file. It is a very liberating

feeling to be done with them and have them gone while you try to

recover your health.

And I do hope that you are feeling at least some relief in the

physical symptoms....we know that it takes a bit longer for all of

these things to really go away, but many women feel immediate relief

for awhile, and that can be a bit exhilarating when you've been sick

for quite some time. Take it easy and rest up, and I do pray that

you are able to have a blessed holiday filled with hope and cheer!

Thanks for keeping us posted!

Hugs,

Patty

--- In , " imrafaela " <tamm001@c...>

wrote:

>

> Hello friends,

>

> There was a cancelation in the surgery schedule for Monday

(tomorrow)

> and they offered it to me, so I guess I get these bad boys out

> tomorrow bright and early. I'm a bit nervous, but mostly I'm

relieved

> because I thought I was going to be on a waiting list for a few

more

> months.

>

> Since I had breast cancer and a mastectomy on one side, I decided

to

> go ahead and get a gluteal flap reconstruction (they take some

> flesh/fat from my butt and use it to rebuild a breast). The

surgery

> will be about 8 hours long. I went around and around on whether

to do

> any reconstruction at all, but I decided to give it one last try.

I

> think it's kind of ironic that I didn't go the route of

reconstructing

> using my own flesh at the time of my mastectomy 2 years ago,

because I

> thought the implants proceedure was so much easier..........Wow,

did I

> make the wrong choice! Well I hope this might mark the end to all

of

> this horrible RA, Sjogren's, etc.

>

> Thanks for all the wonderful advise. Keep it coming! I don't

think a

> day goes by that I don't learn something new from all of you.

>

> God Bless you all,

> Tammy (a)