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Breast Reconstruction

May 16, 2011

Breast Reconstruction – Take 7

Tomorrow, I have a consult with a plastic surgeon to see if I might consider breast reconstruction. No hesitation in that preceding sentence. My regular surgeon (the one that performed the mastectomy) explained the surgery to me: “They take part of the stomach-if you’re overweight-and use that to construct the new breast.” I have enough […]

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May 4, 2011

Breast Reconstruction – Take 6

  Yesterday, everything was going fine on my lone hike to Fragrance Lake: I was on the trail by ten, I was making great time, a fellow hiker out with her friends told me I smelled good (?!). Then, I began to fret about bears. I had already been a bit leery about hiking by myself. […]

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May 3, 2011

Breast Reconstruction – Take 5

Fragrance Lake. It has such a pretty ring to it. Sounds lovely. I have yet to see it. This year, anyways. Yesterday, I hiked halfway between the sign (shown in last post) and the actual lake. Baby steps, baby steps. Maybe I should say, “Grandma steps” because that’s what I feel like when I’m hiking: […]

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April 30, 2011

Breast Reconstruction – Take 4

I really need to build up my stamina in case I do go through with getting a breast reconstruction (when I’m not hyperventilating about the whole subject). I get winded just going to the mailbox. It’s not like we have a long driveway, either. Therefore, I have taken up hiking. Even if I don’t go […]

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April 22, 2011

Breast Reconstruction – Take 3

Well, I’ve made an appointment to have the port removed and arranged a consult with the plastic surgeon for possible breast reconstruction. Therefore, items #2 and #3 are accomplished on my To-Do List #4. Mammogram… well… I had a paper here somewhere that the oncologist gave me over a month ago that I was supposed […]

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April 13, 2011

Breast Reconstruction – Take 2

I haven’t made a To-Do List for a very long time (see posts of June 14-16, 2010 for my first 3) but feel this need to do so now: To-Do List #4 1. Make an appointment for a mammogram. 2. Make an appointment to have the port removed. 3. Make an appointment with the plastic […]

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April 10, 2011

Breast Reconstruction – Take 1

During my appointment with the surgeon that performed my mastectomy, he did not mention the words “high-risk” to me. However, we did discuss the following subjects: 1. Port removal (Yay!) 2. Possible breast reconstruction (Yikes)  

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August 15, 2010

More Doctors?!

I remember blogging once (or twice) that I probably wouldn’t do reconstruction because my remaining boob would be sagging as I got older and the new one would be… well… not sagging. Lately, I’ve been kicking around the idea of actually consulting a plastic surgeon about the whole thing. When I’m not hyperventilating about the […]

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January 12, 2010

To Reconstruct Or Not To Reconstruct

Trying to figure out one’s hair style  after it starts growing back in after chemotherapy is one thing; having to decide whether or not to do breast reconstruction after a mastectomy is quite another. I’ve got nine days left to dwell on this subject, but I’ve pretty much made up my mind not to do it. Many […]

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