Why is it so hard for some to accept a choice not to recon?

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  • topless
    topless Member Posts: 74
    edited May 2012

    When I was first diagnosed I thought that maybe a silver lining to all this might be that I could have younger, perky-looking breasts.  Of course not!  My Oncologist and Surgeon both agreed that I was not a candidate for that because I have Multiple Sclerosis.  As my Oncologist said "putting something foreign into your chest is just asking for trouble."  My surgical RN sister said that I would be apalled at all the breast reconstruction revisions she sees.  No one has ever asked me why I didn't do reconstruction, but if they do I have several good answers.

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  • mumito
    mumito Member Posts: 4,562
    edited May 2012

    Teeballmom I had to defend my choice to alot of people as well.My daughterinlaw kept giving me all kinds of info about reconstruction she could not understand why I did not want the surgery.My husband on the otherhand totally understood.I was also worried that more surgery would induce LE which so far I do not have.

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  • 11BC
    11BC Member Posts: 93
    edited May 2012

    Wren44:

    In a recent post, you said: "I'd be tempted to tell my friends I'm getting reconstruction. Bet they wouldn't have the nerve to say 'You really look flat to me.'"

    That's hilarious!

    I was flat before reconstruction. In junior high school boys would tease me and say: "You're a pirate's dream: A treasure with a 'sunken chest.'" 

    Now I'd like to have that sunken chest again, instead of my bilaterally reconstructed chest, where one breast (the irradiated one) has capsular contracture.

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