Hi, I was offered a mastectomy or a further re-excision when they couldn't get clear margins in the spring of this year after diagnosis of IDC grades 1 and 2 with intermediate DCIS jsut in left breast. I was lucky in that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy as the lymph nodes were clear. so the surgeons felt was right descision for the mastectomy. I wanted a DIEP but wrong shape and too much BMI, so had an implant. But after that, the wound broke down with an infection and I had to have corrective surgery when an expander and port were put in, in place of the silicone implant (with a view to putting back a silicone implant, when the skin has expanded sufficiently. I have been getting better and back to work and having fortnightly inflations. However, the port has flipped to an angle to a point that the surgen and surgical care practitioner couldn't inflate it this week. We are hoping the port will flip back and I can get the last inflation next week. It has been a long year!! Anyone else had same issues?
