Reconstruction ?
I had a mastectomy three weeks today , right breast and I am just starting to do some research on reconstruction, but not looking at having it done till the end of the year. I did not hve an expan...
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I had a left mastectomy (nipple sparing and partial skin sparing) on 3rd Feb (2012), with immediate silicone implant.
I am having the other one off when I finish chemo etc. my breast surgeon has already agreed to it, and he even had my port surgeon place my port where it wouldn't be in the way for the other surgery (he came into my port surgery).
I am seeing the geneticists on 1 Aug (they (my surgeon and oncologist) think that I might have one of the genes - high family history), and that will make no difference about my breast surgery but will allow me to work out what to do with my ovaries (a lot to think about at 41, but I will go with any surgery that makes my life risks less, as I don't need my ovaries really).