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jintie
7 years agoMember
Swelling - how much and how long?
Hi. I was diagnosed with stage 2B breast cancer in July 2018 when I was 40. I have completed 6 months of chemotherapy and 5 weeks of radiotherapy and 2 weeks ago today, I had a bilateral mastectomy ...
melclarity
7 years agoMember
@Chev a big welcome to you! I've been down this road with a single mastectomy/diep flap recon. I am now 2yrs post surgery and super happy with result. Like you I wanted to go much smaller unfortunately they didnt which is an annoyance,but the surgery itself is great. It does take months for things to settle and too difficult to tell just yet.
I'm happy to talk further if you'd like to join the Breast Recon group, only as it is a Private Group and the main forum is public.
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/1-choosing-breast-reconstruction
Cheers,
I'm happy to talk further if you'd like to join the Breast Recon group, only as it is a Private Group and the main forum is public.
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/1-choosing-breast-reconstruction
Cheers,