Anyone from the Raleigh/Durham area in North Carolina?

Hi,

I am in the Durham area.  You might want to check with Dr. Brian Coan.  I have heard good things about him and his staff.  I plan to consult him when I'm ready for reconstruction.  

I'm in Raleigh and had my reconstruction with Dr. Blanton at Specialists in Plastic Surgery in Raleigh. 

http://www.specialistsinplasticsurgery.com/

I had my oncology care with Duke Raleigh - Dr. Spiritos.

I received my cancer treatments at UNC-Chapel Hill.  After meeting with several of the UNC plastic surgeons, I decided to travel to Charleston, SC and have my reconstruction with Dr. Craigie and Dr. Kline.  It has been one of the best decisions I have made.  They are the best, and top notch at what they do.  http://www.naturalbreastreconstruction.com/

The teaching hospitals in our area are great, but they are not as up to date with the new procedures.  (My options at UNC were implants, and/or a lat flap).

I do have a friend who used Dr. Zenn, and she has been pleased with her results as well.

I have Dr Spiritos and Dr high too as my doctors. I'm getting ready to have my exchange surgery this week with Dr. High! 

Lorbgoo, I'd love to hear how your exchange surgery goes. I just had my first fill last week from Dr High. I think I will ask for less cc's next time because it's been painful but I like him a lot. Good luck with your surgery. 

My PS is Dr. Clara Lee at UNC-CH.  Haven't had surgery yet but I have felt very confident and comfortable with Dr. Lee so far.   She has been very forthcoming regarding the pros and cons of different procedures and has been very patient and informative while I walk through this decision making process.

My lumpectomy was done by Dr. David Ollila and he will be doing my double mastectomy as well.  He is a very direct communicator and tells it like it is.  I appreciate that.

surgercakes we have the same MO and BS. I'm done with treatment now and going great. I do see my MO in March for the 1 year after I started chemo. Good luck to everyone.

sugar I had expanders put in to expand the skin. She did my mast and dr high did the expanders. Do you know who your PS will be? She dr D gave me a choice of mast or lumpectomy before I had chemo. Onco DX was high as you can read from my signature. If I would of tested positive To genetic test then she would of wanted to do mast good luck everyone I if I'd different

I'm in Chapel Hill but currently getting care elsewhere for various reasons - it remains to be seen where I will get my plastic surgery done. I can't speak to your question right now but I am meeting with a breast surgeon in January and plan to ask various questions like this, and can post feedback then. I need to get my referral going to the plastic surgeon, unfortunately I have to wait until after I talk with the breast surgeon, based on my understanding. I'm fairly certain I'll be having a mastectomy, and don't want the implants under the pec muscle. I am terrified of nerve pain, I am thin and muscular with small breasts. Unfortunately, I feel like the women who have the easiest recovery have more fat than me, or at least larger breasts, based on anecdotal info I've read. Also, I seem to be sensitive to foreign bodies. My sister is one of the 3% who has had problems with a hip replacement. I had terrible pain and problems with a dental implant, and have permanent damage from the surgery. So, I'm also scared of implant disease.

I'm thinking of DIEP or possible prepectoral implants. But if I do DIEP, I don't have enough fat in my abdomen so I would need to take it from elsewhere. Sometimes I feel like a freak of nature.