My Implant and future screening
Hello,
My first post so hoping I get it right:) and apologies for it being long. I was diagnosed with DCIS in 2009 and had a unilateral mastectomy in 2010 with a silicone implant. I was quite hap...
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Hi Maria,
i am about to have a mastectomy, breast reconstruction, and reduction of the other breast. I was at a pre-operation appointment with my plastic surgeon today, and asked about the future matching appearance of the two breasts once I had lost the 10-15 more kg that I need to lose. (I have already lost six kg in the last eight weeks). He said that normally they wouldn't do the reconstruction and reduction until I had lost the weight, but can't afford to wait because of the cancer. He said that doing a bit of 'nip and tuck' in the future to match them would be simple if I manage to get off the weight that I want to lose, and if necessary, he could do a minor operation and change the implant to match the reduced breast. Therefore, rather that endangering any scanning of your healthy breast with an implant, I would get your implanted breast changed to match the healthy one. My plastic surgeon today seemed to regard it as a VERY minor procedure.
The best of luck, whatever you decide.