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edited June 2014 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy
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  • MT1
    MT1 Member Posts: 371
    edited June 2012

    What: Bilateral (right breast affected, bilat for symetry.) 

    Forms: Nope

    Age: 43 

    How many of us (nonreconstructed) are out there? Are you half flat? I want numbers! I want to know.

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  • BikerLee
    BikerLee Member Posts: 355
    edited June 2012

    What: Bilateral (right breast affected, bilat for symmetry and peace of mind)

    Forms: Nope

    Age: 42

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  • crystalphm
    crystalphm Member Posts: 1,138
    edited June 2012

    What Right radical mastectomy from cancer, left removed in sympathy.

    Forms ; 90% of the time, none. Microbead on a dress up day.

    Age 54

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  • Wrongchick
    Wrongchick Member Posts: 36
    edited June 2012

    What: BMX ( left side affected, bilateral because of strong family history, mom of young kids, and my MO's advice)



    Forms: Nope.



    Age: 43

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2012
    What: Bilateral (right affected, left for symmetry); chose to undo recon and go flat




    Forms: Nope




    Age: 55 (edited to add: 51 at mastectomy, 54 at deconstruction)
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  • River_Rat
    River_Rat Member Posts: 1,724
    edited June 2012

    What: Bilateral (left affected, right for symmetry and prophylactic)

    Forms: Yes for the last 3 1/2 days in a row, world record for me. I haven't decided how much I'll wear them in the future

    Age: 59 

    Edited to add: 53 at time of surgery 

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  • coraleliz
    coraleliz Member Posts: 1,523
    edited June 2012

    What: Bilateral for bilateral BC, mamogram intolerant!

    Forms: No, never

    Age: 53(52 @ time of surgery)

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  • Rowan47
    Rowan47 Member Posts: 151
    edited June 2012

    What: BMX (right affected, left for peace of mind)

    Forms: No

    Age: 48 (47 at time of BMX)

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  • mary625
    mary625 Member Posts: 1,056
    edited June 2012

    What: BMX (left affected, right prophylactic)

    Forms: Yes, 100% of the time except when sleeping

    Age: 49

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  • thepinkbirdie
    thepinkbirdie Member Posts: 212
    edited June 2012

    Left mastectomy

    Forms:  No

    Age:  46 (age 43 at time of diagnosis)

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  • kestrelgurl
    kestrelgurl Member Posts: 266
    edited June 2012

    What: Bilateral mastectomy - ILC on right, post-surg path showed ILCIS on left

    Forms: Nada

    Age: 54 (53 at time of diagnosis)

    Why are there no "flat & fabulous" t-shirts......

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  • greenfrog
    greenfrog Member Posts: 269
    edited June 2012

    What: Bilateral MX (right affected, left for balance)

    Forms: Hefty great silicone brutes and some idiotic adhesive ones. 4 years on I can no longer wear them - truncal lymphoedema makes bra wearing too painful. Plus I hate the bloody things.

    Age: 47 (43 at dx)

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  • cathy1968
    cathy1968 Member Posts: 50
    edited June 2012

    What: Right MX, so yes, half flat.

    Form: Yes, but not around the house unless guests are over, and not for sleeping in.  Remaining L boob is size 36F, so I'm pretty odd looking without form!!  (If I'd had BMX, I'd not bother with anything).

    Age: 42 at diagnosis

    Great topic!

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  • Joanne58
    Joanne58 Member Posts: 1,117
    edited June 2012

    BMX--left side for cancer, rt. for no more mammos

    Amoena silicone forms when I wear something I want to fill out bigger than I was :)

    Cheap forms from JoAnn's Fabrics in my Genie bra for looking smaller and exercising

    52 at diagnosis

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  • nibbana
    nibbana Member Posts: 464
    edited June 2012

    what:  bmx, (sayonara mammo machine!)

    forms: pfffft, no way!

    Age: 48 

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  • alexandria58
    alexandria58 Member Posts: 1,588
    edited June 2012

    What: BMX - right - multi-focal DCIS; left - multiple biopsies and sick of it

    Forms: never, nada, nyet, nein

    Age - 59 

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  • mary625
    mary625 Member Posts: 1,056
    edited June 2012

    OMG, I'm the only one wearing forms... :)

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  • cooka
    cooka Member Posts: 278
    edited June 2012

    What: BMX left side affected   right side prophy for symmetry/ no surveillance

    Forms: No

    Age: 42 

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  • Stormynyte
    Stormynyte Member Posts: 650
    edited June 2012

    What: Right MX

    Forms: Not yet, I'm still shopping!

    Age: 37

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  • Erica3681
    Erica3681 Member Posts: 1,916
    edited June 2012

    What: BMX (cancer in each breast)

    Forms: Yes (mary625, you're not the only one!), mostly non-silicone these days. I go flat at home.

    Age: 63 (first diagnosis at 54, BMX at 57)

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  • CLC
    CLC Member Posts: 1,531
    edited June 2012

    Ooooh, I like this thread...very interesting!

    What:  UMX, left only

    Forms:  To work and when I bring my children to school or dance classes (they have not asked me to, but I do not want to be the one to force the discussion for the other kids and/or their parents).  FLAT all the rest of the time (beach, gym, store, home, out to dinner).  I keep thinking that I am very odd looking, as I am a D cup on the remaining side, but no one seems to ever notice...and I just keep being stunned.  I am not even wearing clothes that camouflage the imbalance...I wear tight t shirts, even.

    Age:  44

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  • crazypenguinsfan
    crazypenguinsfan Member Posts: 56
    edited June 2012

    What: Left MX multifocal dcis 

    Forms: fiberfill form when I am out and about - if I remember to put it in. at home I go formless- I like hearing that others go out and about without forms! gives me courage to do it on purpose. 

    age: 43

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited June 2012

    What: Bilateral (right breast affected, bilat for peace of mind. Lefty turned out to have stage 0)

    Forms: Yes, usually, small fiber fill jobs. Because of LE issues, I avoid bras. I wear the foobs in a T with the front end of a bra sewn into it.

    Age: 48

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited June 2012

    What: Left radical modified.

    Forms: Sometimes when going out. Not usually at home

    Age: 48

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  • cyano
    cyano Member Posts: 67
    edited June 2012

    Left mastectomy about a month ago. I've heard of forms, but I haven't a clue where you'd get them and I'm not that interested in figuring it out.

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  • Outfield
    Outfield Member Posts: 1,109
    edited June 2012

    What:   IDC and DCIS L breast, BMX with R intended to be prophylactic (all sorts of reasons) but disease on that side as well.  Also some LCIS in therel

    Forms:  No

    Age:  44 when diagnosed/treated  

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  • Laural136669
    Laural136669 Member Posts: 287
    edited June 2012

    What: BMX with IDC on left, ILC on right, secondary MDS concurrently.

    Forms: Less than 10% of time and then use a LouisaLouisa tank with pockets for fiber forms.

    Age: 48  

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  • knittingmama
    knittingmama Member Posts: 8
    edited June 2012

    What: Bi-lateral, BRCA-2, mom had BC twice

    Forms: Yes most of the time, 90% of the time silicone and foamies occasionally

    Age: 42

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  • Linda1966
    Linda1966 Member Posts: 633
    edited June 2012

    What: left masectomy

    Forms: a foob at work or socialising for symmetry

    Age 42 at dx

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  • Houndmommy
    Houndmommy Member Posts: 377
    edited June 2012

    What: right mastectomy (waiting to hear if insurance will cover a prophylactic mx of left breast - I'm tired of worrying and of being lopsided)

    Forms: Yes, but not at home and not if wearing a big tshirt or sweatshirt (I'm a stay at home mom).  I wear it if I'm dressing nicely or wearing something tight. I am only a A/small B cup.

    Age at DX: 47

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