Preventative surgery options?

Hi Debbie I'm the same as you BRACA2 but not cancer. I had a double mastectomy and tram flap reconstruction and ovaries and tubes out all at the same time in late August last year. The ovary surgeon said I might as well as the tram flap reconstruction was going to be the surgery that took the longest to recover from and she could use the cut in the tummy to do the operation so no additional holes. The ops took 9 hours. They said it could be anywhere up to 12 hours but it took a lot less time. There was 3 surgeons involved and we had the theatre booked for the whole day so there was no waiting around as soon as I got there straight into theatre. Don't know if you've had an operation before it was my first. But it's true what they say you go to sleep and feel like you wake up 2 seconds later. I spent one night in ICU so they could check on my flap reconstruction every hour. They are checking for blood flow. Then moved to the ward for 8 nights. I had 6 tubes and a pain pack and a catheter attached to me. Last tubes came out the day before I left definitely glad I didn't go home with any tubes still in. The first week is tough but after that the recovery is fast. Very happy to talk to you about all of this if you want. I know it is very scary but am delighted with my results and very happy I did it the way I did. Good luck to both of you. Fortunately for me my sister was negative.