Breast Reconstruction: You Deserve A Choice

Body-tissue reconstruction is a longer surgery, with a more prolonged recovery. It carries the risk of more complications, and can result in a hernia or weaker abdominal wall (in the case of the most common procedure, the TRAM flap).

Still it would be nice, given we’ll spend the rest of our lives living in our carved-up bodies, if we were at least given the option of reconstruction. And if we were told about ALL kinds of reconstruction, not just what one particular surgeon prefers.

Let’s face it, looking “normal” takes away some of the hurt. And seeing those familiar soft contours on our chest allows us, at least some of the time, to forget we have cancer.