Bilateral Mastectomy + Sentinel Node Removal + Reconstruction + Tummy Tuck: First Thoughts, Post-Op.

by Laura Zigman
Monday, December 10, 2007

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I can understand how that must have felt!
Connie
Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 08:36 AM
I recently had a bilateral mastectomy + sentinel node removal but NO reconstruction right now. Just with the surgery I have had I was not prepared for the "hit by a truck" feeling. It has been one month since my surgery and physical therapy treatments for one week. The PT is making a big positive difference in the way my arms feel. Personally I don't think I could have stood the reconstruction at this time. It would have been to much to have to deal with. I know I had some professionals that said do it all at once but my surgeon said she did not recommend it. I thought hard about it and deceided that if I was possibly looking at chemo after surgery I wanted to be well as possible to have to endure what was to come. My good news was, I don't have to have chemo and my treatment will be "harmone therapy" for a miniumn of 5 years.
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