Great article in NY Times about Choosing No Reconstruction

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woodstock99
woodstock99 Member Posts: 338
edited November 2016 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy

Flat Article NY Times wonderful article for those of us who have chosen flat or may need or want to make the choice to do so. I was discouraged by many medically and personally before and after my surgery in January this year when I had made the decision and knew it was the right decision for me.

Had I been younger, I may have chosen differently but this article is about women far younger than me and I am proud of them.

My goal was the best outcome with the least risk so that meant one surgery.

Personally I am very happy with my decision and I too am stillin pain and cannot wear a bra or prosthetics which I had hoped to but I go to therapy and stretch and do yoga and exercise and am still healing so I hope with time that will change and I am ok if I does not.

I do not like the nasty bits left by my surgeon and may choose to have some cleanup done next year after I (and plastic surgeon) feel I am fully healed.

Glad to read this is becoming a more respected choice for women.

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited November 2016

    Love the article! Thanks for sharing!

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited November 2016

    Very pleased about that article. It presents the choice to go flat fairly and properly.

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  • Lisey
    Lisey Member Posts: 1,053
    edited November 2016

    It was an excellent article. I wish I could be in something like that... I'd go all Lady Gaga and rock the flat. : )

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  • AmyQ
    AmyQ Member Posts: 2,182
    edited November 2016

    This is an excellent article and one I wish I had read before my BMX. I so regret reconstruction and will probably pay for my decision the rest of my life, in pain.

    Amy

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  • juneping
    juneping Member Posts: 1,594
    edited November 2016

    that's exactly the reason i didn't have any reconstruction. i just didn't want to go in and out of the hospital that often and really got no time to constantly take time off work.

    i assume i was pretty flat pre cancer so it wasn't that hard for me to make that decision.

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  • GirlWarrior
    GirlWarrior Member Posts: 25
    edited November 2016

    This is a great article. I had a mastectomy with a reduction on the other side at the same time. I asked for no bigger than a B but I was left with a D. I would give anything to go back and just take it down to an A- . I do not enjoy the hassle of trying to constantly balance my chest, and would love to just slip in to a little padded sport bra and a tank top. I never once missed my breast, it was so weird - I just could not imagine do anything else invasive to my body. Caveat - just my experince, certainly not "the right" one, but was weird that it was one of the few times in my life Ihad no conflict with a big decision.

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