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Posted by KarylW (post) on 5/1/2008, 5:52 pm, in reply to "lat flap with expander"
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Sherry, while I did not have to do the expander this time, I did it before without radiated skin, and I would imagine it would not be all that different with the lat muscle. It really was not bad, just at the end the expander was hard as a rock and like having a coconut on your chest for a couple of months, but not painful. I really can't feel much of the lat muscle. I could feel it trying to do something one day when I tried to do a pullover. It didn't really hurt per say, just felt really weird so I didn't do it. It should be a breeze after doing it with radiated skin. Have a great time at your retreat.
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