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He Told Me to Learn to Live with It

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He Told Me to Learn to Live with It

31LifeisgoodMarch 26, 2021
A bit rigid in personality. After going through 6 months of chemo from triple-negative breast cancer I was looking for some emotional salvation. He left me with one bigger than the other (because he used the expander too much now one nipple is larger than the other, one side is square and one side oblong with the nipples being 1/2 a cm different both vertically and horizontally and with a ledge at the top. When I voiced my concerns about how different they both were he told me to learn to live with it. That made me very sad and I felt like I was taken advantage of. He said he told me things like he only guarantees they will look similar under clothing. Which became an issue when I started to wear regular clothing after recovery, half my shirts ride up and bunch up on the left side now. And after battling cancer he tells me to live with it or he can remove it. He does not give a shirt about your feelings or anything you’ve been through. Sorry, but he lied to me. 

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Lewis Albert Andres, MD

Lewis Albert Andres, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Alissa765
March 28, 2021
That's just wrong. I'm sorry this happened. I'm really happy you beat the cancer!
aldphd
March 30, 2021
I'm also a breast cancer survivor (2016) and have other health issues as well. I had a double mastectomy (lost my nipples) and expanders put in at the same time as my mastectomy. I mistakenly thought everything would go well after I had my implants put in, but the past four years have been hard. I've had a total of 7 surgeries to correct constant capsular contracture (turns out my body is just the BEST at growing scar tissue) with new implants on the L and the R and sometimes both replaced. You do not have to SETTLE for anything. My surgeon's goal/promise has always been that no one shd be able to tell I've had surgery. Well when one implant starts moving up toward my collarbone and gets hard like a rock, back I go and he takes care of me again. He is so compassionate and caring and a perfectionist. I wished you lived closer to Houston bc I'd take you to Dr Chevray. Please please try to find another dr who cares abt his work but YOU as well! There are Drs who really care out there and would be so angry at how this dr left you both physically and emotionally. If you'd like me to ask Dr C's nurse to ask him if he knows of anyone close to where you live I'd be v happy to do that. He's pretty famous for his work at MDAnderson and now at Methodist Hosp in Houston and is on the faculty of several medical schools. They may know a dr where you live. I'm just so sorry you are going thru this. Cancer and losing your breasts are hard enough wo the stress and emotions after a bad reconstruction. Feel free to contact me if you want to chat. Hang in there!! THERE IS HOPE that things can/will get much better for you. Take care and stay safe. Anne
DrQuacker
May 24, 2022
Millville8474
August 20, 2022
I am so sorry you had to go thru this. very scary. i am going in for a double mastectomy , having expanders put in and going back in 2-3 weeks and having breasts made from my stomach fat and skin. My body will not accept implants. This is all very scary. Hope you have beat the cancer!!!
Tough134229
August 23, 2022
You find someone else another surgeon to fix this!
Tough134229
August 23, 2022
You have to be really careful a lot of hospital HMO's use subpar plastic surgeons. Sad to say cosmetic surgeons who couldn't make it in private practice based on skills and the need for proper bedside manner. It's beyond wrong to have the stress of dealing with cancer and hospitals that don't really want to provide recons they look for way's to save money despite the laws
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He Told Me to Learn to Live with It

A bit rigid in personality. After going through 6 months of chemo from triple-negative breast cancer I was looking for some emotional salvation. He left me with one bigger than the other (because he used the expander too much now one nipple is larger than the other, one side is square and one side oblong with...