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Surviving the DIEP dive!
I’m now 3 weeks post op after a double mastectomy and DIEP reconstruction! It’s been a big recovery and I’ve still a way to go! I had my second BC diagnosis last June - same breast as 2007. I had ano...
Hi @PrisMay1
I can relate to your story - I decided to have the double for two reasons, one I couldn’t stand the anxiety of wondering if it would “ arrive” in the other breast ( especially as my large tumour was not picked up in a mammogram only 12 months prior) and also you can only do the DIEP once.
When my breast cancer surgeon suggested it as something some of his other patients had done it seemed extreme but after I joined the private Choosing Breast Reconstruction group on here and read their stories and spoke to a couple of ladies who had gone this route I decided to proceed.
It is an extremely personal decision but one I am happy with .
I can relate to your story - I decided to have the double for two reasons, one I couldn’t stand the anxiety of wondering if it would “ arrive” in the other breast ( especially as my large tumour was not picked up in a mammogram only 12 months prior) and also you can only do the DIEP once.
When my breast cancer surgeon suggested it as something some of his other patients had done it seemed extreme but after I joined the private Choosing Breast Reconstruction group on here and read their stories and spoke to a couple of ladies who had gone this route I decided to proceed.
It is an extremely personal decision but one I am happy with .