Reconstruction before or after Radiation

[almostthere2]

Hello, I am a 43 year old female, had Stage 3,  poorly differentiated ductal carcinoma, ER- neg PR- neg and Her2-/neu +1  ( triple negative )  4 of 18 lymph nodes positive including sentinel largest lymph 1.2 cm and  breast tumor 6.5 cm.   I just finished 4 A/C,  1- Taxotere and  6 - Taxol. I had a skin sparing modified mastectomy in April 2007, my surgeon put my saline implant back in. During chemo the implant ruptured  and I have a slow leak. My concern is starting 36 radiation treatments with a ruptured implant and is there a possibility for infection or complication ? Should I have another surgery and remove the implant at which time should I replace it with a new saline implant  ? Can I have radiation after reconstruction and if so, how will it effect the new implant ? How long should I wait after surgery to begin radiation ?  My radiologist is pushing me to start immediately, I'm concerned about all the side effects.

Thank you in advance.

[almostthere2]

Thank you so much !! I will check it out !!

[boninclyde]

Well I keep telling everyone here today to go to another site for help so let me suggest to you also that you go to breastcancer.org. Click on community support and join the discussion board. Then scroll down to reconstruction and post your question there or on any of the other support sites. I am sure someone there can help guide you.