[michka]

Thank you Louise for posting your experience. I am happy it went well! I also was grateful to Mary Jo for sharing. It gives me courage.
I also want a reconstruction. It should take place in January if I am not too tired. I must admit I am afraid but I do not want to stay the way I am. The surgeon who did the mastectomy is a big surgeon but he doesn't want to touch me anymore. I have neuropathic pain in my arm and he is afraid he might make things worse. I also have what they call an "ear" (!!). It is like a half a tennis ball stuck on the side of my chest. I consulted other surgeons who told me that my pain could perhaps disappear when they reconstruct because they will fix the "ear" and unstick the skin in which they believe nerves are caught. That would be so wonderful but I do not count on it.
I was puzzled because they say I am "too thin" . The surgeon will need to do a "dorsi flap" with an implant. I hope it will look natural because my other breast is small.
But the first thing for me to do is to try to get back into shape. I am so tired and my body feels like I have been run down by a truck.
Michka

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