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Julez1958
3 months agoMember
Hi @viking1
I am in Sydney and there is a great shop here called Leila O’Toole for breast cancer patients , sells great swimwear , soft forms and other things.
I found out about it from my breast care nurse - I wonder if there is something similar in Perth.
Also if you would like more surgery it’s ok and I don’t think it’s really “ elective” as you didn’t elect to have breast cancer and you may be eligible for it free in the public system - no harm in asking - hopefully some ladies on here from Perth can jump on here.
I had a double mastectomy with DIEp flap reconstruction in 2021/22 and am now 66.
I had it in the private system and it was expensive.
I was an E cup and am now C cup and very happy with the result.
I went on a diet and exercise pro gram when I got the diagnosis and lost the 10 kilos I had put on over 30 years and have kept it off - I saw an exercise physiologist and knew what I had to do diet wise .
I asked my plastic surgeon was I too old at 62 for the surgery and he said he had operated on plenty of ladies in their 70s and didn’t I know that 60 was the new 50!
But of course surgery is not to be considered lightly - just something you might consider in the mix.
But with the right bra you might be able to sort some thing out.
Best of luck .
I am in Sydney and there is a great shop here called Leila O’Toole for breast cancer patients , sells great swimwear , soft forms and other things.
I found out about it from my breast care nurse - I wonder if there is something similar in Perth.
Also if you would like more surgery it’s ok and I don’t think it’s really “ elective” as you didn’t elect to have breast cancer and you may be eligible for it free in the public system - no harm in asking - hopefully some ladies on here from Perth can jump on here.
I had a double mastectomy with DIEp flap reconstruction in 2021/22 and am now 66.
I had it in the private system and it was expensive.
I was an E cup and am now C cup and very happy with the result.
I went on a diet and exercise pro gram when I got the diagnosis and lost the 10 kilos I had put on over 30 years and have kept it off - I saw an exercise physiologist and knew what I had to do diet wise .
I asked my plastic surgeon was I too old at 62 for the surgery and he said he had operated on plenty of ladies in their 70s and didn’t I know that 60 was the new 50!
But of course surgery is not to be considered lightly - just something you might consider in the mix.
But with the right bra you might be able to sort some thing out.
Best of luck .