Recent article about patient satisfaction going flat

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cake8icing
cake8icing Member Posts: 58
edited January 2021 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy

wanted to share this compelling article about patients’ satisfaction in going flat. Interesting but not surprising that the women who were not happy did not feel their surgeons were supportive of their decision not to reconstruct. I was so lucky that my surgeon was not only completely supportive but did a beautiful aesthetic flat closure.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/breastcancer/90619?t1&xid=fb-md-cbtm-onc-ptalz&trw=no&scrf=1


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  • OnTarget
    OnTarget Member Posts: 447
    edited January 2021

    Really it makes sense. We all agonize over the reconstruction decision.

    It only makes sense that most women are happy with their decisions. It is the same for implants I'd bet, where most women are happy with them, while a smaller portion wish they'd gotten a flap surgery or gone flat.

    For me, this article reinforces the idea that women are able to think through their options and make a decision they can live with. This idea should make most women facing a mastectomy feel a bit more confidence in their decision.

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  • cake8icing
    cake8icing Member Posts: 58
    edited January 2021

    OnTarget, your online name is..right on target! :-) Every woman should feel good about her choice. It is such a difficult and personal decision.

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