Yes, tissue expanders HURT! The 1st 3 sessions were not bad, just some discomfort. The 4th session is PAINFUL! To the point I contemplated TELLING MY SURGEON TO TAKE THIS OUT!!!!😭 I pray that it gets better.....I have 2 more sessions to go😭
I wish I had seen this video last summer when I was going through expansion. It was very painful. I am now getting ready to have them replaced with implants (delayed because of Covid-19) next week. I will say that they are still very boulder-like, but much more comfortable at this point. I can even sleep on my side now. For everyone going through this, I wanted to tell you to power through because it does get easier. Stay well!
Thank you, this is only my 3rd week since my surgery I haven’t gotten any injections because I need radiation, but I was wondering when this pain is going to stop. Thank you for the words of encouragement .
@@cecilyjackson24 Hi. So sorry you're still in pain. Have you tried Gabapentin? It's for nerve pain and it's not narcotic. They had me get expanded before my radiation. The skin really does get tight after radiation, so it's better to stretch it before. You might want to check with your radiologist. I got my implants last month and I'm doing fine. The most important thing is to be cancer free! Best wishes!
Has anyone else experienced a feeling of extreme pressure when going to a sitting position after lying down? Even going from sitting to a standing position causes me a feeling of extreme pressure. I have completed all my fills and am scheduled for my final surgery in two months.
The expanders HURT SOOOOO BAD I WAS CRYING IN TEARS!! You can’t lay down , It’s SHEARING PAIN! Some of these women are lying for some reason. They HURT to the point where you cry! They hurt worse than the mastectomy itself
shonta barre No they probably are not lying.....mine did not hurt hurt to bad, it was a bit uncomfortable but not painful and nothing like what you are stating! Everyone handles the experience and pain different!
Thank you for writing this! I had a double mastectomy with reconstruction on 10/29. It's been almost 3 weeks and I am crying daily. These tissue expanders have got to be the worst part of this entire experience. I hurt any time I move. I watched other videos where the women are saying "it's still tight but it's not so bad". Every single day I wake up hoping that I'm going to get used to it but that day hasn't come. I only have air in my expanders right now! I go for a doctor visit this Wednesday and they will start adding saline to these expanders and I'm so scared that the pain is going to be even worse. I told my husband that if I knew what this was going to be like, and if I were older like in my 60's, I'd say forget it!
Yes, I was crying in pain, too from my last fill. So bad. but I think it's like childbirth, with time you can get past the pain. Hopefully, you are feeling better now.
I thought i am the only one who is in pain. Everytime i go for my expansion,it hurts a lot. But this morning,its too much. I already prepare myself. I took oxycodone 30 mins. befofe the procedure. The left side who has the cancer is not painful at all.I had double mastectomy. They explain that they took more tissues compare to the right side. But,the right breast is excruciatingly painful. I cried after the procedure and i said wont go for refills anymore. If i only knew how painful it is,i wont even go for it. I know every individual is different. We have different threshold of pain. This is just my experience. I have been throwing up all day. I already told my doctor that i will not go through this pain anymore and no more refills. I am happy with the size of my breast now even if i wont complete the refills.
Ok. I just wonder how many cc’s were injected at each stage. Mine were 200 each side same day as surgery. First fill at 10 days out was of 100 ccs each side. Then 2 more weekly fill of 100 ccs each side. I was at 500cc each side at three and a half week out. It was intense. They expanders now stay in place for 2-3 months. I’m doing a lot of PT and massage to handle the pain. I’m a small woman and these girls are very tight often pinching on a nerve or two. I’m counting the days sisters. I’m 66 years old too. My energy level requires me to rest and restore. I am blessed to be able to do that now. Good luck to all of you !
i'm so glad these comments are more realistic. i'm nearly 2 weeks in and i regret it. it's excruciating. Now watching the video I understand why. I really want to tell the surgeon to remove it and leave me with no breast. Don't let them fool you. It's not pleasant.
My expanders hurt like crazy. I have always had high pain tolerance. Birthed both of my girls totally natural and have passed a number of kidney stones. Not everyone has the same experience, and for some reason my body did not like the expanders and I found them to be painful the entire time. Chemo and radiation were easier on me than the expanders.
Yes it hurts. Well more like extremely uncomfortable. At times I feel like I’m having a heart attack but it is just chest muscle spasms. I think that the women who experienced very little pain or discomfort received smaller expanders than the huge ones I received. I’m somewhat upset by the size expander that I received because I wasn’t given a choice nor was I asked what size I wanted. Now I am at a point where I don’t want anymore saline injections because these things are huge and still very oddly shaped. I will have triple d size or larger if I continue with the saline fills.
I had my mastectomy 7 weeks ago, have not been in pain at all. If anything it has been discomfort. I had no real feelings until maybe 2 weeks ago, when I started having sensatios coming back. Today, I had my first expansion since the surgery. It is more of a stretching feelling. I know there is definitely something there. I have been able to sleep on my sides again, which is so nice.
Just saw this, they do hurt!!! Had a double mastectomy. Now going thru radiation and I'm still hurting. This is 2 1/2 months later. But like I said going thru radiation I still hurt very uncomfortable. Especially when trying to sleep.
YES!!! Same for me!! 7 mos. & the Expanders ARE KILLING ME WITH PAIN!! My Dr. Says they must put in NEW ONES!! I WANT THEM OUT!! NATURAL IS BETTER FOR ME!!
I am going through this process right now. Expanders were placed first week of September and so far I have 275 cc in each side. I wouldn’t really call them painful, but they are definitely uncomfortable. I am hyper aware of the fact that I have what feels like small bricks under part of my chest muscle. It's the weirdest feeling when I do something that involves my pecs and I can feel those things getting in the way under there. I really hope I am not going to regret going the implant route. Unfortunately, no one in my area does micro surgery reconstruction using your own tissue.
The incision of the flap is too large and may not grow well. The surgery time is at least 8 hours. Consider the risk,I choose the tissue expender. Even it's quite uncomfortable, I believe it will get better when down the road.
I had a preventative nipple sparing double mastectomy with over the muscle expanders July 20th. Im 6 weeks post op. The first couple of weeks are the hardest. The expanders felt like sandpaper rubbing underneath my skin every time I moved. Now I barely feel them at all. The expansion process didn’t hurt at all. One breast I could feel the tiniest prick when the needle went in but not like a shot. The other breast I couldn’t feel it at all. You do feel pressure immediately after the expansions, but that goes away in a couple hours. Tylenol and ibuprofen help with that.
My expanders gave me excruciating pain! It took a long time for them to stop hurting but you know there, there it is still annoying especially when you sleep and just constantly feel like I have something squeezing you. Not to mention something went wrong...I had my mastectomy w/ expanders surgery in December 2019 and am having the switch October 2020 it may or may not work and I'll need a different surgery. May even decide to go flat...😢
Okay so it was really difficult in the beginning to deal with the expanders feeling mostly like having a metal bra on. As you heal you get used to them but sometimes will notice a tightness more than other times. That’s annoying but normal. They r inside your muscles. If your having chemo they cannot be filled until that’s done.
It looks like I'm the only woman here who had tissue expanders placed for purely cosmetic reasons, as part of my male to female transition. I had a set of 800 cc expanders placed in March of 2020. It was painful because of the making of the pockets for them, but I had almost no pain afterward. Foolishly, I took the train home, a 450 mile trip where I had to use my arms (and pectoral muscles) when moving around, so I can't recommend this. But no damage done. The first set became infected and had to be removed. The second set were 2000 cc expanders. This time I hired an infusion nurse to do weekly 100 cc infusions of saline, and I very reluctantly stopped adding saline at 2500 cc. It gets hard to measure at these sizes, but it's something like 56H. No pain ever. *But I wish I had gone for 4000 cc.* 🏀🏀
Do you not realize that almost every woman here is going through this for mastectomy reconstruction? These are women who are going through CANCER. Sheesh. Read the room. Nobody here wants to hear your story of your purely elective cosmetic surgery that you had to become a grotesquely freakish trans woman. Go take your massive breast fetish nonsense somewhere else. These are women recovering from CANCER. Duh.
Every fill was painful. I developed frozen shoulder , which was even worse than the expanders pain. I had my shoulder injected. I’m still in pain from the expanders. I’m waiting for the exchange surgery now 😢.
One tissue expander is not bad. They are uncomfortable, especially right after surgery (mastectomy) for a few weeks and then every time you get them filled. The use a VERY small needle to fill and it takes less than 2 minutes. You don't feel the needle or fluid going in because you are numb from your mastectomy. The discomfort comes several hours after your fill. It's similar to your milk coming in as a new mom but not as much pain. It feels tight and full and does feel like a 'weight on your chest" but it is not painful. Discomfort is eased by Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen.
I had expanders placed July 26th. They don't really hurt. It's more like I'm wearing a tight bra. A little sore for a couple of days after fills but other than that I'm good! The more fills I've had the less discomfort when I go from laying down to standing.
YES they freaking hurt! Thank you everyone for saying so. I had a double mastectomy with reconstruction(tissue expanders) on June 20th of this year. Question: Anyone else have a "dripping" sensation(best way I can describe it) inside ur chest?? It REALLY Skeeves me out😳😖 Anyone??
My experience is after every fill, 3 so far, it is uncomfortable because of the tightness. And the 3rd fill I felt the needle when it was put into my "breast". After 2 days it's fine. Just ibuprofen for that day. My problem is because I'm a heavier gal that it feels like the "base" of the expander digs into the sides and bottom of my breast. But I think it's going to be worth the discomfort as opposed to staying flat. I only have a single mastectomy and just didn't want to go without a breast.
Hello, I just found this video looking for a video that could tell me why I’m in sooo much pain, I have no idea why I’m experiencing such excruciating pain, and other women are only feeling some pressure, and I have only gotten the first initial injection once surgery was done.
I am almost 2 weeks postop for bilateral mastectomy with expander placement. I have always been one to have a high pain tolerance. However, the discomfort has been horrible. Mostly around the expanders, under my arms and sides, and the backs of my arms. My pain is more of a burning sensation which i know that is likely nerve related. But i cannot stand anyrhing to touch my skin because of the discomfort. I'm very tender around the expanders as well. Hopefully as time goes on my symptoms will improve but for now, it's miserable.
i cant believe soo many say it didnt hurt the expansion always hurt 4 me and took away my sleepalso 2nd to last time the dr tried to put 100 ccs at once and i feel a killer pop in the perpendicular cuts, im having surgery 4 days and on top of the pain i had to wait longer to get to the 2nd surgery thank God it over, i need them out asap, my friend did give me cbd cream550,000mg and that helps wonders from ebay,(ask dr if ok, i still have to ask mine2mrw just tryna help a fellow survior sister in this horrid thing that only we know what it feels like and were all different, dont be scared its only temporary im just loooking things up at end off it all instead of b4, also maybe its a lil worse 4 me cause of nerve damage from chemo
These are awful. I don't even know where to begin. I did 120 cc for the 1st fill 30 minutes later I was then the worst pain ever. Hand muscle spasms couldn't breathe couldn't sit couldn't stand nothing helped. the medicine that they gave me did not work I thought I was gonna OD on how much pain medicine I was trying to take just to get rid of this pain.. Couldn't sleep. It was time again for a second feel I did the same thing again 120C c's. But time I get home I was almost in tears. I'm pretty good with pain but this this was awful. So after that I started just doing 60C c's. As long as I take pain medicine before it happens I'm OK. it still hurts but not as bad I can Actually breathe and move my head from left to right now. .
Before I had radiation was exactly like this lady’s talking about but after radiation I went back for expansion I been having pain like muscle pain when is sore after a big exercising . 🥺
Reading these comments makes me scared. Im scheduled for a double mastectomy in two weeks and my plastic surgeon wants to do the tisse expanders 🥺. Im so scared. I go see them tomorrow about other alternatives 🙏🏼
me at the age of 5 , my forehead is completly burn with oil and now iam 23 and iam completly giveup on my face bt now i have small hope, that i can change my face , bt i dont know about the best treatment for this ,recently my doctor prefered me for tissue expansion i dont know wheather it is safe or not for me , anyone going through this treatment please give me advice for me your advice helps me alot
Tissue expanders hurt. They are stitched to The muscle. It hurt terrible until it was taken out. Expansion did not hurt. It was the stitches to the muscles. Gravity pulled on the stitches.
I'm having a tissue expender in after the double mastectomy done. It is quite tight feelings and I am looking forward to seeing that I will adjust to it day by day.❤
The answer is: it DEPENDS! Definitely differs from person to person... AND within one person, can differ from one side to another! IME, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Right side: zero complaints. If I had to live with this thing for years, it wouldn't be the end of the world. Left side: ended up in the emergency department due to shortness of breath & extreme pain on the 7th day after mastectomy. I think at the academic hospital center where all my care was (top 7 NCI comprehensive cancer center), everything was taken care of perfectly. Left side chest pains after recent surgery almost always gets a CT to rule out pulmonary emboli (logical, highly appropriate; negative, yay). Left side likely had true nerve pain from mastectomy & edge of tissue expander aggravated it.... felt like noogies (knuckles) pressing into left side of sternum, unrelentingly. Short of breath (slightly pressed into left lung), fearful that after ED: 1) PS may not manage my pain adequately & 2) resolution would involve more than 3 days of opiates which would risk dependence. Fortunately PS managed the following 1-2 weeks well & we came up with a great medication taper so there'd be minimal dependence risk (increased time b/t dose by 1h, until I reached 24h b/t doses or no longer felt I needed narcotic pain medication).
i have to live with mine untill chemo stops. i'm not happy. it hurts a bit. good thing I'm small boob, and my removed breast was bigger than the healthy breast, and I said "yes make me even!"
Imagine manhole covers in your chest. Now that I’ve had my last “fill” I feel as if I have two shot-puts there. Exchange surgery is in 6 days and I’m sure the permanent implants will feel better.😢
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Yes, tissue expanders HURT! The 1st 3 sessions were not bad, just some discomfort. The 4th session is PAINFUL! To the point I contemplated TELLING MY SURGEON TO TAKE THIS OUT!!!!😭 I pray that it gets better.....I have 2 more sessions to go😭
How long did you keep your expanders in for?
I wish I had seen this video last summer when I was going through expansion. It was very painful. I am now getting ready to have them replaced with implants (delayed because of Covid-19) next week. I will say that they are still very boulder-like, but much more comfortable at this point. I can even sleep on my side now. For everyone going through this, I wanted to tell you to power through because it does get easier. Stay well!
Thank you, this is only my 3rd week since my surgery I haven’t gotten any injections because I need radiation, but I was wondering when this pain is going to stop. Thank you for the words of encouragement .
@@cecilyjackson24 Hi. So sorry you're still in pain. Have you tried Gabapentin? It's for nerve pain and it's not narcotic. They had me get expanded before my radiation. The skin really does get tight after radiation, so it's better to stretch it before. You might want to check with your radiologist. I got my implants last month and I'm doing fine. The most important thing is to be cancer free! Best wishes!
@@jennimoon3768 gabapentin for another nerve condition gave me meth mouth. Still undergoing dental work. Fun. Chest hurts and so does mouth.
what is meth mouth😮
Has anyone else experienced a feeling of extreme pressure when going to a sitting position after lying down? Even going from sitting to a standing position causes me a feeling of extreme pressure.
I have completed all my fills and am scheduled for my final surgery in two months.
The expanders HURT SOOOOO BAD I WAS CRYING IN TEARS!! You can’t lay down , It’s SHEARING PAIN! Some of these women are lying for some reason. They HURT to the point where you cry! They hurt worse than the mastectomy itself
shonta barre No they probably are not lying.....mine did not hurt hurt to bad, it was a bit uncomfortable but not painful and nothing like what you are stating! Everyone handles the experience and pain different!
shonta barre thank u for letting me know I’m not the only one
Thank you for writing this! I had a double mastectomy with reconstruction on 10/29. It's been almost 3 weeks and I am crying daily. These tissue expanders have got to be the worst part of this entire experience. I hurt any time I move. I watched other videos where the women are saying "it's still tight but it's not so bad". Every single day I wake up hoping that I'm going to get used to it but that day hasn't come. I only have air in my expanders right now! I go for a doctor visit this Wednesday and they will start adding saline to these expanders and I'm so scared that the pain is going to be even worse. I told my husband that if I knew what this was going to be like, and if I were older like in my 60's, I'd say forget it!
Yes, I was crying in pain, too from my last fill. So bad. but I think it's like childbirth, with time you can get past the pain. Hopefully, you are feeling better now.
Did you have your expanders placed under the muscle? Or on top ofthe muscle?
I thought i am the only one who is in pain. Everytime i go for my expansion,it hurts a lot. But this morning,its too much. I already prepare myself. I took oxycodone 30 mins. befofe the procedure. The left side who has the cancer is not painful at all.I had double mastectomy. They explain that they took more tissues compare to the right side. But,the right breast is excruciatingly painful. I cried after the procedure and i said wont go for refills anymore. If i only knew how painful it is,i wont even go for it. I know every individual is different. We have different threshold of pain. This is just my experience. I have been throwing up all day. I already told my doctor that i will not go through this pain anymore and no more refills. I am happy with the size of my breast now even if i wont complete the refills.
Ok. I just wonder how many cc’s were injected at each stage. Mine were 200 each side same day as surgery. First fill at 10 days out was of 100 ccs each side. Then 2 more weekly fill of 100 ccs each side. I was at 500cc each side at three and a half week out. It was intense. They expanders now stay in place for 2-3 months. I’m doing a lot of PT and massage to handle the pain. I’m a small woman and these girls are very tight often pinching on a nerve or two. I’m counting the days sisters. I’m 66 years old too. My energy level requires me to rest and restore. I am blessed to be able to do that now. Good luck to all of you !
i'm so glad these comments are more realistic. i'm nearly 2 weeks in and i regret it. it's excruciating. Now watching the video I understand why. I really want to tell the surgeon to remove it and leave me with no breast. Don't let them fool you. It's not pleasant.
Tanya Shavelle thank u. This hurts like hell. I knew I couldn’t have been the only one who had pain
Yes this hurts like hell.... I would never have chose this if I had known how bad they hurt!! I'm ready to say I'm done and just go flat!!
My expanders hurt like crazy. I have always had high pain tolerance. Birthed both of my girls totally natural and have passed a number of kidney stones. Not everyone has the same experience, and for some reason my body did not like the expanders and I found them to be painful the entire time. Chemo and radiation were easier on me than the expanders.
Chemo and Radiation hurt worst….. wow! That’s a mouthful 😢 and for that I may pass because….. AINT NO WAY!
@@Journey_With_Jami I hope chemo and radiation are less painful!
Yes it hurts. Well more like extremely uncomfortable. At times I feel like I’m having a heart attack but it is just chest muscle spasms. I think that the women who experienced very little pain or discomfort received smaller expanders than the huge ones I received. I’m somewhat upset by the size expander that I received because I wasn’t given a choice nor was I asked what size I wanted. Now I am at a point where I don’t want anymore saline injections because these things are huge and still very oddly shaped. I will have triple d size or larger if I continue with the saline fills.
So glad to find this video. Thank you so much what a great relief others have similar experiences. Glad my cancer is out .love to All!
I had my mastectomy 7 weeks ago, have not been in pain at all. If anything it has been discomfort. I had no real feelings until maybe 2 weeks ago, when I started having sensatios coming back. Today, I had my first expansion since the surgery. It is more of a stretching feelling. I know there is definitely something there. I have been able to sleep on my sides again, which is so nice.
Had mine filled today and I'm in so much pain.
They hurt like h@##. I don't even know how I'm going to sleep tonight.
Just saw this, they do hurt!!! Had a double mastectomy. Now going thru radiation and I'm still hurting. This is 2 1/2 months later. But like I said going thru radiation I still hurt very uncomfortable. Especially when trying to sleep.
It's bad for me!! They hurt terribly and I've had them in for a long time. I just want them out. I think my body does not like the unnatural objects.
YES!!! Same for me!! 7 mos. & the Expanders ARE KILLING ME WITH PAIN!! My Dr. Says they must put in NEW ONES!!
I WANT THEM OUT!!
NATURAL IS BETTER FOR ME!!
I am going through this process right now. Expanders were placed first week of September and so far I have 275 cc in each side. I wouldn’t really call them painful, but they are definitely uncomfortable. I am hyper aware of the fact that I have what feels like small bricks under part of my chest muscle. It's the weirdest feeling when I do something that involves my pecs and I can feel those things getting in the way under there. I really hope I am not going to regret going the implant route. Unfortunately, no one in my area does micro surgery reconstruction using your own tissue.
The incision of the flap is too large and may not grow well. The surgery time is at least 8 hours. Consider the risk,I choose the tissue expender. Even it's quite uncomfortable, I believe it will get better when down the road.
I had a preventative nipple sparing double mastectomy with over the muscle expanders July 20th. Im 6 weeks post op. The first couple of weeks are the hardest. The expanders felt like sandpaper rubbing underneath my skin every time I moved. Now I barely feel them at all. The expansion process didn’t hurt at all. One breast I could feel the tiniest prick when the needle went in but not like a shot. The other breast I couldn’t feel it at all. You do feel pressure immediately after the expansions, but that goes away in a couple hours. Tylenol and ibuprofen help with that.
My expanders gave me excruciating pain! It took a long time for them to stop hurting but you know there, there it is still annoying especially when you sleep and just constantly feel like I have something squeezing you. Not to mention something went wrong...I had my mastectomy w/ expanders surgery in December 2019 and am having the switch October 2020 it may or may not work and I'll need a different surgery. May even decide to go flat...😢
Okay so it was really difficult in the beginning to deal with the expanders feeling mostly like having a metal bra on. As you heal you get used to them but sometimes will notice a tightness more than other times. That’s annoying but normal. They r inside your muscles. If your having chemo they cannot be filled until that’s done.
It looks like I'm the only woman here who had tissue expanders placed for purely cosmetic reasons, as part of my male to female transition. I had a set of 800 cc expanders placed in March of 2020. It was painful because of the making of the pockets for them, but I had almost no pain afterward. Foolishly, I took the train home, a 450 mile trip where I had to use my arms (and pectoral muscles) when moving around, so I can't recommend this. But no damage done.
The first set became infected and had to be removed. The second set were 2000 cc expanders. This time I hired an infusion nurse to do weekly 100 cc infusions of saline, and I very reluctantly stopped adding saline at 2500 cc. It gets hard to measure at these sizes, but it's something like 56H. No pain ever. *But I wish I had gone for 4000 cc.* 🏀🏀
Do you not realize that almost every woman here is going through this for mastectomy reconstruction? These are women who are going through CANCER. Sheesh. Read the room. Nobody here wants to hear your story of your purely elective cosmetic surgery that you had to become a grotesquely freakish trans woman. Go take your massive breast fetish nonsense somewhere else. These are women recovering from CANCER. Duh.
I have tissue expanders in my head and in the two weeks since my surgery there hasn't been a pain free moment. My first expansion was horrible.
Every fill was painful. I developed frozen shoulder , which was even worse than the expanders pain. I had my shoulder injected. I’m still in pain from the expanders. I’m waiting for the exchange surgery now 😢.
One tissue expander is not bad. They are uncomfortable, especially right after surgery (mastectomy) for a few weeks and then every time you get them filled. The use a VERY small needle to fill and it takes less than 2 minutes. You don't feel the needle or fluid going in because you are numb from your mastectomy. The discomfort comes several hours after your fill. It's similar to your milk coming in as a new mom but not as much pain. It feels tight and full and does feel like a 'weight on your chest" but it is not painful. Discomfort is eased by Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen.
I had expanders placed July 26th. They don't really hurt. It's more like I'm wearing a tight bra. A little sore for a couple of days after fills but other than that I'm good! The more fills I've had the less discomfort when I go from laying down to standing.
YES they freaking hurt! Thank you everyone for saying so.
I had a double mastectomy with reconstruction(tissue expanders) on June 20th of this year. Question: Anyone else have a "dripping" sensation(best way I can describe it) inside ur chest??
It REALLY Skeeves me out😳😖 Anyone??
Yes, I had a dripping sensation, too. First few weeks. I'm on my 3rd week and I've not noticed it.
My experience is after every fill, 3 so far, it is uncomfortable because of the tightness. And the 3rd fill I felt the needle when it was put into my "breast". After 2 days it's fine. Just ibuprofen for that day. My problem is because I'm a heavier gal that it feels like the "base" of the expander digs into the sides and bottom of my breast. But I think it's going to be worth the discomfort as opposed to staying flat. I only have a single mastectomy and just didn't want to go without a breast.
Hello, I just found this video looking for a video that could tell me why I’m in sooo much pain, I have no idea why I’m experiencing such excruciating pain, and other women are only feeling some pressure, and I have only gotten the first initial injection once surgery was done.
I am almost 2 weeks postop for bilateral mastectomy with expander placement. I have always been one to have a high pain tolerance. However, the discomfort has been horrible. Mostly around the expanders, under my arms and sides, and the backs of my arms. My pain is more of a burning sensation which i know that is likely nerve related. But i cannot stand anyrhing to touch my skin because of the discomfort. I'm very tender around the expanders as well. Hopefully as time goes on my symptoms will improve but for now, it's miserable.
i cant believe soo many say it didnt hurt the expansion always hurt 4 me and took away my sleepalso 2nd to last time the dr tried to put 100 ccs at once and i feel a killer pop in the perpendicular cuts, im having surgery 4 days and on top of the pain i had to wait longer to get to the 2nd surgery thank God it over, i need them out asap, my friend did give me cbd cream550,000mg and that helps wonders from ebay,(ask dr if ok, i still have to ask mine2mrw just tryna help a fellow survior sister in this horrid thing that only we know what it feels like and were all different, dont be scared its only temporary im just loooking things up at end off it all instead of b4, also maybe its a lil worse 4 me cause of nerve damage from chemo
Mine hurt. 6 weeks post op and first expansion injection at week 5. Still have drains on. Dreading the next few months. It all happened so fast.
These are awful. I don't even know where to begin. I did 120 cc for the 1st fill 30 minutes later I was then the worst pain ever. Hand muscle spasms couldn't breathe couldn't sit couldn't stand nothing helped. the medicine that they gave me did not work I thought I was gonna OD on how much pain medicine I was trying to take just to get rid of this pain.. Couldn't sleep. It was time again for a second feel I did the same thing again 120C c's. But time I get home I was almost in tears. I'm pretty good with pain but this this was awful. So after that I started just doing 60C c's. As long as I take pain medicine before it happens I'm OK. it still hurts but not as bad I can Actually breathe and move my head from left to right now. .
Before I had radiation was exactly like this lady’s talking about but after radiation I went back for expansion I been having pain like muscle pain when is sore after a big exercising . 🥺
They hurt for me after the 3rd is when the pain came it hurt me so that the back of my shoulder hurt
2 weeks post reconstructive breast surgery..it's very painful with expansion
Reading these comments makes me scared. Im scheduled for a double mastectomy in two weeks and my plastic surgeon wants to do the tisse expanders 🥺. Im so scared. I go see them tomorrow about other alternatives 🙏🏼
me at the age of 5 , my forehead is completly burn with oil and now iam 23 and iam completly giveup on my face bt now i have small hope, that i can change my face , bt i dont know about the best treatment for this ,recently my doctor prefered me for tissue expansion
i dont know wheather it is safe or not for me , anyone going through this treatment please give me advice for me
your advice helps me alot
Tissue expanders hurt. They are stitched to
The muscle. It hurt terrible until it was taken out.
Expansion did not hurt. It was the stitches to the muscles. Gravity pulled on the stitches.
I'm having a tissue expender in after the double mastectomy done. It is quite tight feelings and I am looking forward to seeing that I will adjust to it day by day.❤
The answer is: it DEPENDS! Definitely differs from person to person... AND within one person, can differ from one side to another! IME, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
Right side: zero complaints. If I had to live with this thing for years, it wouldn't be the end of the world.
Left side: ended up in the emergency department due to shortness of breath & extreme pain on the 7th day after mastectomy. I think at the academic hospital center where all my care was (top 7 NCI comprehensive cancer center), everything was taken care of perfectly. Left side chest pains after recent surgery almost always gets a CT to rule out pulmonary emboli (logical, highly appropriate; negative, yay). Left side likely had true nerve pain from mastectomy & edge of tissue expander aggravated it.... felt like noogies (knuckles) pressing into left side of sternum, unrelentingly.
Short of breath (slightly pressed into left lung), fearful that after ED: 1) PS may not manage my pain adequately & 2) resolution would involve more than 3 days of opiates which would risk dependence. Fortunately PS managed the following 1-2 weeks well & we came up with a great medication taper so there'd be minimal dependence risk (increased time b/t dose by 1h, until I reached 24h b/t doses or no longer felt I needed narcotic pain medication).
Going in for one in 2 weeks
i have to live with mine untill chemo stops. i'm not happy. it hurts a bit. good thing I'm small boob, and my removed breast was bigger than the healthy breast, and I said "yes make me even!"
Mine hurt and my body rejected them..so I had 3 operations in one month
OMG!!!
What were the Signs of Rejection??
Imagine manhole covers in your chest. Now that I’ve had my last “fill” I feel as if I have two shot-puts there. Exchange surgery is in 6 days and I’m sure the permanent implants will feel better.😢
Wonderful video but 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 think I change my mind about wanting to use tissue expanders now 😥
Please, do not.I have my first fill today and I didn't feel a thing.😳
@@fleurdavril1465 That’s great to hear. I read all the comments below it seems scary.
Yep...me tooo!! Many surgeries necrotic tissue..5+ surgeries... scars...scars... uneven... FUCK CANCER... NOW I LOOK LIKE A SHARPAE!!!
Who are these people? It hurts af. It’s been 3 months for me and it’s worse with radiation treatment. I just want it gone!!!
Mine feels like a 3 lb bag of sugar
Lies!!!