To be flat or uniboob, please help

WEll I am SOOO glad to read these posts as I am in the living hell of one boob lop sided ness, and as miserable as I can be, I hate it....I am 36DD and my missing breast weighed 2lbs.....ILC - I cannot describe how I feel but this post said a lot for me

 I too am well endowed at 34DD.  I had a uni-lateral in 2009 and went 3 years without recon.  It had a very profound effect on my psyche.  I hated it and as time passed that sentiment grew stronger.  I had a difficult time finding a prosthetic that was symmetrical with my natural side, plus the prosthetic was very uncomfortable; hot in the summer and cold in the winter.  I never felt, as they say, "comfortable in my own skin".  When you're surgeon states that a prosthetic will take care of the lop-sided issue, she is not speaking from personal experience and her statement only address your outward appearance, not the day to day issues of living that way.  You might mention this to her because too often the psychological effects of this are brushed aside.

I have been told recon not an option for me on the national health system so I will have to pay IF I receover enough healthy tissue to do it (not the case at the moment) - yes I look good in clothes but I FEEL awful and cry several times a day about feeling so not me......