Just Diagnosed
I have just been diagnosed and have seen my surgeon. I have been referred to a plastics surgeon and I am currently weighing up whether to go down the reco path using trans flap from the tummy. Based...
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Hi, I have left the whole question of reconstruction until I finish the full year of treatment, partly so I can finish one thing before I start the next, and partly so I can be confident that I want that part of my anatomy to be chopped around and changed just when I most want to be sure there are no local recurrences springing up.
I have heard a lot of people who end up having radiotherapy treatment after a reconstruction that couldn't work well with radiotherapy-burnt skin has been started at the time of their mastectomy saying they wished they had known they were likely to have these problems before making the choice. Some said they had to have their recon reversed because of the problems radiation had caused.
I have also met women who found after a left mastectomy during which their expanders were implanted that they needed herceptin treatment, and then the expanders got in the way of the MUGA heart check so they had delays in treatment until correct readings could be obtained.
So I just want to add that I have been told that it can be done later, and that you don't have to rush into a decision immediately if you are not sure.