New formed breast with fat grafting......

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Reikigemgirl
Reikigemgirl Member Posts: 278
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Have to tell you all - after wearing the brava machine for 10 hours a day the last two days, I have a breast when I take the machine off. You can see it. It's almost as big as my other breast that they lifted. I might only need to go through the grafting one more time if it stays this big. Wouldn't that be great?

Can't wait for the doctor to see it on Tuesday.

Love and Light,
Vicki
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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    fingers and eyes crossed
    for good luck...hope all goes well

    Denise
  • jnl
    jnl Member Posts: 3,869 Member
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    disneyfan2008 said:

    fingers and eyes crossed
    for good luck...hope all goes well

    Denise

    This is great Vicki! It
    This is great Vicki! It worked! Good luck Tuesday!


    Hugs, Leeza
  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
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    jnl said:

    This is great Vicki! It
    This is great Vicki! It worked! Good luck Tuesday!


    Hugs, Leeza

    That would be great if you
    That would be great if you only had to have one more Vicki! I am so happy for you. Keep posting to update us.


    Sue :)
  • parris
    parris Member Posts: 23
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    This is great news Vicki,I
    This is great news Vicki,I am so happy for you.
    Keep us posted with your progress.


    God Bless
  • aysemari
    aysemari Member Posts: 1,596 Member
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    Add my good wishes to your pot of good luck
    Here's to the boob keeping it up and staying in good shape.

    I really hope you will only go through it only one more time.

    Hugs,
    Ayse
  • aysemari
    aysemari Member Posts: 1,596 Member
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    Add my good wishes to your pot of good luck
    Here's to the boob keeping it up and staying in good shape.

    I really hope you will only go through it only one more time.

    Hugs,
    Ayse
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
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    aysemari said:

    Add my good wishes to your pot of good luck
    Here's to the boob keeping it up and staying in good shape.

    I really hope you will only go through it only one more time.

    Hugs,
    Ayse

    Really good news Vicki!


    Hugs, Jan
  • Reikigemgirl
    Reikigemgirl Member Posts: 278
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    Had my follow-up .....
    with the doctor and it was a little disheartening. I had a bruise on the new Brava breast and figured that was normal because of all of the pulling from the machine. Well, turns out it is a blood clot so they drained it their in the office and now I have to go back in next week so he can check it out. So part of my growth (remember I was so happy to have a breast) is from the pooling of the blood. Oh well, just a little bump in the road to recovery.

    Have a great day everybody.

    Love and Light,
    Vicki
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
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    Reikigemgirl said:

    Had my follow-up .....
    with the doctor and it was a little disheartening. I had a bruise on the new Brava breast and figured that was normal because of all of the pulling from the machine. Well, turns out it is a blood clot so they drained it their in the office and now I have to go back in next week so he can check it out. So part of my growth (remember I was so happy to have a breast) is from the pooling of the blood. Oh well, just a little bump in the road to recovery.

    Have a great day everybody.

    Love and Light,
    Vicki

    Yes, just a little bump in
    Yes, just a little bump in the road. I am impressed with this procedure and impressed with how brave and strong you are for going thru it.


    Hugs to you,

    Susie
  • Reikigemgirl
    Reikigemgirl Member Posts: 278
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    Started wearing the Brava machine at night.....
    and it is much more comfortable that way. Last night I just fell asleep and never woke up until this morning and the machine stayed on all night without coming off. Yay. I will wear it this way instead of during the day from now on.

    Love and Light,
    Vicki
  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
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    Reikigemgirl said:

    Started wearing the Brava machine at night.....
    and it is much more comfortable that way. Last night I just fell asleep and never woke up until this morning and the machine stayed on all night without coming off. Yay. I will wear it this way instead of during the day from now on.

    Love and Light,
    Vicki

    Glad that wearing it at
    Glad that wearing it at night works better for you Vicki!


    Sue :)
  • Megan M
    Megan M Member Posts: 3,000
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    Ritzy said:

    Glad that wearing it at
    Glad that wearing it at night works better for you Vicki!


    Sue :)

    I've followed your posts
    I've followed your posts Vicki and am wishing you the best of luck. Keep updating us as to how you are doing with the Brava machine.


    Hugs, Megan
  • dustylady
    dustylady Member Posts: 13
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    Reikigemgirl said:

    Started wearing the Brava machine at night.....
    and it is much more comfortable that way. Last night I just fell asleep and never woke up until this morning and the machine stayed on all night without coming off. Yay. I will wear it this way instead of during the day from now on.

    Love and Light,
    Vicki

    Bumps and Brava Sleep
    Vicki,

    OK...so good to hear how it is going...sorry about the bump...I had a few bumps along the way, too..I think in almost any procedure bumps will happen from time-to-time. Just finished my 3rd surgery...had a bump, but think my surgeon found a real good solution to it...This may be my last surgery ....won't know for sure till the breast settles down from the surgery...if it looks good...won't be going in for a third breast!!!! Ha Ha!! Two is enough for me!

    So GLAD that you are finding that you can sleep with BRAVA at night...to me, it made it so much easier...then when I got up, it was just about time to take it off and be FREE the rest of the day!
  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member
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    dustylady said:

    Bumps and Brava Sleep
    Vicki,

    OK...so good to hear how it is going...sorry about the bump...I had a few bumps along the way, too..I think in almost any procedure bumps will happen from time-to-time. Just finished my 3rd surgery...had a bump, but think my surgeon found a real good solution to it...This may be my last surgery ....won't know for sure till the breast settles down from the surgery...if it looks good...won't be going in for a third breast!!!! Ha Ha!! Two is enough for me!

    So GLAD that you are finding that you can sleep with BRAVA at night...to me, it made it so much easier...then when I got up, it was just about time to take it off and be FREE the rest of the day!

    Vicki, I haven't seen you
    Vicki, I haven't seen you post again lately. How are you doing?


    Hugs, Diane
  • Reikigemgirl
    Reikigemgirl Member Posts: 278
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    DianeBC said:

    Vicki, I haven't seen you
    Vicki, I haven't seen you post again lately. How are you doing?


    Hugs, Diane

    funny you would ask today how I am doing....
    Yesterday I saw my plastic surgeon and their is a hard spot in my new breast so I had to quit wearing the machine and I go for a STAT ultrasound tomorrow so they can find the hardened part and remove it. My follow-up appt. isn't until April 28th so I know I will be off the machine until then. If I am able to start back up wearing it on that date then my next fill will be around Labor Day.

    Yet, another bump in the road.

    Love and Light,
    Vicki
  • dustylady
    dustylady Member Posts: 13
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    Reikigemgirl said:

    funny you would ask today how I am doing....
    Yesterday I saw my plastic surgeon and their is a hard spot in my new breast so I had to quit wearing the machine and I go for a STAT ultrasound tomorrow so they can find the hardened part and remove it. My follow-up appt. isn't until April 28th so I know I will be off the machine until then. If I am able to start back up wearing it on that date then my next fill will be around Labor Day.

    Yet, another bump in the road.

    Love and Light,
    Vicki

    Another Bump
    Sorry to hear about another bump in the road. I wonder if that hardened part might not just be a bit of fat necrosis. At any rate, so glad your PS is very thorough. I can't remember..did your PS go to any training/conferences that Dr. Khouri held?

    So if all is well after 4/28, you will wait until Sept. to do your next grafting?
  • Reikigemgirl
    Reikigemgirl Member Posts: 278
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    dustylady said:

    Another Bump
    Sorry to hear about another bump in the road. I wonder if that hardened part might not just be a bit of fat necrosis. At any rate, so glad your PS is very thorough. I can't remember..did your PS go to any training/conferences that Dr. Khouri held?

    So if all is well after 4/28, you will wait until Sept. to do your next grafting?

    Mistaken
    I meant to say that my next fill should be around Memorial Day, not Labor day; like I wrote. I always get those two mixed up. Yes, it could very well be fat necrosis. 2 weeks ago I had blood behind the breast so they drained that out. That is right where the hard part is now on my breast.

    I know my plastic surgeon went to a conference that Dr. Khouri held and he met and talked with 4 of the women that had their breasts done with the Brava machine and he was impressed. I'm not sure if he got any hands on training.
  • dustylady
    dustylady Member Posts: 13
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    Reikigemgirl said:

    Mistaken
    I meant to say that my next fill should be around Memorial Day, not Labor day; like I wrote. I always get those two mixed up. Yes, it could very well be fat necrosis. 2 weeks ago I had blood behind the breast so they drained that out. That is right where the hard part is now on my breast.

    I know my plastic surgeon went to a conference that Dr. Khouri held and he met and talked with 4 of the women that had their breasts done with the Brava machine and he was impressed. I'm not sure if he got any hands on training.

    I get those two mixed up, too!
    I get those two holidays mixed up, too...always have to stop and think for a minute! I know it can be a little disappointing as you hit those little bumps, but I think it is so worth it in the end. One thing that is so neat is that having had that first fill, you have some "lift off." I found that I was so encouraged when I went from flat to having some elevation on my chest!

    Will be praying that all continues to go well for you!
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
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    Reikigemgirl said:

    funny you would ask today how I am doing....
    Yesterday I saw my plastic surgeon and their is a hard spot in my new breast so I had to quit wearing the machine and I go for a STAT ultrasound tomorrow so they can find the hardened part and remove it. My follow-up appt. isn't until April 28th so I know I will be off the machine until then. If I am able to start back up wearing it on that date then my next fill will be around Labor Day.

    Yet, another bump in the road.

    Love and Light,
    Vicki

    How did the ultrasound go
    How did the ultrasound go Vicki?
  • Reikigemgirl
    Reikigemgirl Member Posts: 278
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    DebbyM said:

    How did the ultrasound go
    How did the ultrasound go Vicki?

    During the ultrasound......
    they found some blood built up in my breast so they drained that and now I am off of the brava machine until May 12th when I go back to my plastic surgeon again. So, just taking a little break. He is hoping that the hardened fat will be reabsorbed into my body so we are giving it time to do that.

    Will keep you all informed when my fills start back up again.
    Love and Light,
    Vicki

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