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arpie
11 months agoMember
Sorry to hear of your partner's diagnosis. Well done for supporting her - we'll do our best to help with both your queries.
Maybe add 'Brisbane/Gold Coast' to your heading ... members living there may be able to help.
My GP put me onto a couple of Surgeons & I ended up going with one of them & was very happy with the results. So maybe ask them first up (tho surprised they haven't mentioned any yet.)
Brisbane (and probably the Gold Coast) would have dedicated Cancer Centres, where there should be Breast Cancer surgeons (some do both surgery AND reconstruction at the same time - others may do one or the other.)
Get your partner to join the Reconstruction or 'Flat Chat' groups, if she is not sure whether to go flat or have reconstruction, depending on the amount of surgery required xx
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/1-choosing-breast-reconstruction
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/29-flat-chat-no-breast-reconstruction
take care & all the best for your partner - if you attend her appointments, specially with the surgeon & oncologists (post op) consider recording them, so she can go over them later on if needs be. It is difficult to remember everything that was said.
(Check your messages - top right hand corner, the envelope.) ;)
Maybe add 'Brisbane/Gold Coast' to your heading ... members living there may be able to help.
My GP put me onto a couple of Surgeons & I ended up going with one of them & was very happy with the results. So maybe ask them first up (tho surprised they haven't mentioned any yet.)
Brisbane (and probably the Gold Coast) would have dedicated Cancer Centres, where there should be Breast Cancer surgeons (some do both surgery AND reconstruction at the same time - others may do one or the other.)
Get your partner to join the Reconstruction or 'Flat Chat' groups, if she is not sure whether to go flat or have reconstruction, depending on the amount of surgery required xx
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/1-choosing-breast-reconstruction
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/29-flat-chat-no-breast-reconstruction
take care & all the best for your partner - if you attend her appointments, specially with the surgeon & oncologists (post op) consider recording them, so she can go over them later on if needs be. It is difficult to remember everything that was said.
(Check your messages - top right hand corner, the envelope.) ;)