Surgery & radiotherapy tips
Hi all,
I'm about to finish chemo after 6 months of treatment so next up is surgery and radiotherapy. I'm having a double mastectomy without a reconstruction as I don't have enough body fat to make...
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Hiya,
No I don't want a reconstruction - I can't have a tummy flap one as I don't have enough fat, and I can't have implants as I'm having radio. My only other options are groin/back flaps... I don't feel that it's worth messing with other parts of my body and having major surgery in order to create unpredictable, small breasts for the sake of some volume. The groin one would be easiest on my body but the RAH had only done 6 of these, with one not working out too well for the patient!
Alternatively, there's the 'lypo' type one to inject some fat into my chest but the long-term results of that are unknown and I'm not keen on being a guinea pig!
At the end of the day, I think I'd struggle more having gone through crazy surgery for the sake of unpredictable boobs, than I would having a relatively simple surgery with an obvious outcome.