I had a bilateral mastectomy on September 3, 2013. And e everything seemed to go well. And I had the tissue expanders were put in at that time as the mastectomy. On November 22nd I went in to have my permanent implants placed and everything seemed to be fine. Then on November 27th,the night be for Thanksgiving disaster struck. I had a hematoma developed in the left breast. I ended up in the ER and from there went straight to the OR. Seems I had an arterial bleed behind my imagination plant. On December 5th my JP drain was removed and on December 6th my breast once again began to swell up. So the eve before my 44th birthday I was once again in the Er and on my way to the OR. Things were fine inside, no bleeding, just a lot of lymphatic fluid built up. But the next challenge was issued. Now much ski. Had been pulled and sewn up so much in such a short time that it did not want to heal. So on December 13th I was headed into surgery yet again. The incision was not closing and was oozing and draining. The implant had to be replaced at this point as it had been punched some how. We were hopefully this would be the last trip into the OR but that would not be the case. Once again my breast did not want to close and was again draining serum out the incision sight. I had so many external stitches at this point I started calling my breast the 'Frankenboob'. On January 4th I had the implant completely removed. The hope is that this time things will heal up and perhaps later on, once my body had rested and is stable again, we will do something else to restore my breasts. The right one is fine, but to be honest I could careless if I get a new breast. I endured a lot in short time but I am no hero. All of you undergoing Chemo and Radiation are my Heroes.

Lottie O'Connell
Ellabelll, GA