posted by Ania
01 February 2013
Radiation after Recon/ expanders
Last reply:
02 February 2013 16:41
Hi all just wondering if anyone out there had rads after recon.
All the doctors are telling me is that 1)there will be some changes to your left breast, and it will look different to the other one [not great when all you want is a matching pair] 2)there will be a level of damage but it depends on the individual. 3) capsular contraction, its not a rare chance but they dont know to what degree of damage to expect.
They won't given my a gerneral idea of what to expect and I tend to panic if I don't know what's going to happen. And they know what will happen ok general terms, they have seen this before!!!
Does anyone even know where I could get information about this?
I would nearly skip having radiation altogether, they are shooting at thing that they don't know are there. They could just be killing good cells, and destroying my skin in the process, and my recon.
I want to get all the treatment thats out there, but some of it I find hard to see the point. The recon is so important, it's for the rest of your life. Maybe I should get another plastics opinion???
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