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Julez1958
Member
5 years ago

Double or single mastectomy and DIEP reconstruction?

Hi there, I wonder if anyone has any guidance for a decision that I realize is mine alone but is nevertheless a difficult one. I was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma in August last year aft...
bilateral-mastectomy
diep
lobular-carcinoma
Reconstruction
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Abbydog
Member
5 years ago
Dear Sooziq,
im starting to think of doing the same. I need to have a good talk to the surgeon. How long did your surgery take?  And you are good enough for work at 7 weeks, that sounds good. Was your  second Mastectomy done prior to the DIEP? Or at the same time?
 I’m happy it went well for you.