Pros and cons about breast reconstruction

zerad67

It will be 2 years in August that I had my mastectomy and I use my prosthesis but it’s kind of heavy and I have arthritis in my hands which makes it difficult to place in my bra and put my straps on my shoulders .

I have been considering having the reconstruction surgery and would love to hear everyone’s views. My JP drain site under my arm got infected and tunneled after my surgery and when the infection was gone I had surgery again to clean that up and my scar is horrible and I was wondering and hoping that the reconstruction surgery could cover it up .

I think the only two cons ( well fears ) is having surgery again and the fear of breast cancer coming back and what the chances are of that happening

Jodim17908

I can’t really speak to the reoccurrence risks but I have just had my mastectomy with reconstruction stage 1. Which basically means they put a spacer in place to let things heal and then will gradually add saline to stretch the skin. After we get to the size I want they will remove the spacer and put in the implant. I never realized it was a step by step process.

Sunny5

I do know that www.tlc.org has prosthesis that are lightweight. They have a free catalog they can send you if you want to try a different one.

savbc

Thank you about the info on lighter prostheses. Medicare paid for one for me, but it feels heavy and irritates the nerve endings from mastectomy surgery.

savbc

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1697048#Comment_1697048

Is this the correct website? My search comes up with a church organization…

Sunny5

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1697264#Comment_1697264

I can see your post. So it is the correct website.

laf453

Tlcdirect.org