explant after reconstruction scheduled...and i am terrified

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so on march 20th, almost five years to the date of my bilateral

mastectomy, i will have the silicone (mentor) implants taken out...i

was reading somewhere, maybe in here, that someone's explant lasted for

five hours since there is no tissue left after mastectomy and the

silicone had adhered to the ribs.......and the PS had to scrape and

scrape.........i just need to have it be over, adjust to a body

concave, heal, get back to work ASAP since i have to........but i am so

very scared......the pain after the mastectomy was almost too much to

bear, and then there were tubes in for two weeks, and then expanders,

and well, anyway, it was fairly awful............soooooo, any words of

encouragement would be appreciated..........

thanks

kathie