Breast reconstruction

Read all about my experience with tissue expanders, including what they look and feel like and the best way to sleep!

Options following a mastectomy include flat closure (ie no reconstruction), or breast reconstruction with either implants or the patient’s own tissue (known as “flap” procedures). Flap procedures are performed either as a “pedicle” flap or a “free” flap.

Two weeks after my nipple reconstruction the dressings were removed. Here is how I'm recovering and what I think so far.

A photographical round up of the surgeries and results I've had after my bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction.

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Some of my favorite tips for mastectomy recovery.

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Before having a mastectomy we can't even imagine what it is going to be like. Here are some things you likely haven't heard from your doctors.

In this post here, I mentioned I was three weeks post-op, drain free and ready for my first fill. Some of you might be wondering what a “fill” is and what’s a “tissue expander”? Women like myself who wish to reconstruct their breasts after a mastectomy but who do not have enough body fat to