Mimi,
Thanks for your input.. as I was reading along your reply.. I must
say I was a little confused because you said "If the medics had
known, perhaps I would never have had the drastic, disfiguring
Halsted surgical procedure performed." Is this just because of the
disfiguring.. and not the movement/ability of the arm?

And then you did concluded "I have not noticed any problems due to
the removal of the pectoralis major muscle on the affected cancer
side"

Overall you're saying there wasn't significant impact to the side
where the pectorailis major was removed..

Thank you so much..


--- In fshsociety@yahoogroups.com, "Golliwog" <silvertassel@...>
wrote:
>
>
> I cannot say for certain whether or no you will be impacted by the
> surgeon cutting INTO your pectoralis major for the breast
> augmentation procedure.
>
> All I can tell you is, I had the original Halsted radical
mastectomy
> for breast cancer back in December of 1973. At that time, the
> Halsted procedure was "in vogue." Surgeons soon thereafter began
> doing the modified radical surgery procedure.
>
> The difference between the original Halsted radical mastectomy and
> the modified radical procedures? Essentially, the difference
between
> these two surgeries: in the Halsted mastectomy, it is the
pectoralis
> major muscle that is entirely removed.
>
> I realize fully you did not ask about cancer surgery. The point I
am
> making is, I and my surgeon (and internist) in 1973 did NOT know I
> had the underlying FSHD disease. If the medics had known, perhaps
I
> would never have had the drastic, disfiguring Halsted surgical
> procedure performed.
>
> Throughout all these years however, I have probably no marked
> difference between the two shoulder/arms/hands despite the removal
of
> the pectoralis major muscle on one side of my body. I probably
> cannot reach as high on that surgical side.
>
> In other words, I have not noticed any problems due to the removal
of
> the pectoralis major muscle on the affected cancer side.
>
> I hope this helps, somewhat!
>
> YOu may want to ask the surgeon, if he/she knows, whether or no
> cutting into this muscle will be "different" than I having the
entire
> muscle removed.
>
> Mimi in MN
>
> --- In fshsociety@yahoogroups.com, "purpleisland" <purpleisland@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I posted a message a few weeks ago about breast augmentation.
> > Yesterday was my last appointment with the plastic surgeon
before
> the
> > acutal surgery and found out she is going to cut my pectoralis
> major
> > muscle to place the implants. She did not have any patients
saying
> > they lost any kind of movements after this procedure.. but since
I
> > have FSH would this have any problems with me?
> >
> > I'm waiting for my doctor to get back to me on this.. I'm really
> > afraid he might say it is unsafe for me... I've waited so long
to
> have
> > this procedure done and now.. I find this out.
> >
> > Right now my form of FSH is really mild but I guess nobody know
> what
> > might happen to me in the next years...
> >
> > What do you guys think? Even if my doctor says okay do you think
it
> > will really affect my arm movements down the road??
> >
>