[Westcoastgirl]

Hi all, I had a double mastectomy Jan09 and at the time my ps was adamant that I should wait until everything was done before moving ahead with reconstruction (small implants), which was done Nov2010. I had lots of time to think about it and often thought I would not bother to reconstruct. I took really good care of my skin and the original surgeon left a lot of skin so I could go direct to implants. (I had so much skin and the two sides were very different so that if I had not done reconstruction I probably needed to do something to clean the excess up.) I know with radiation it was iffy whether I would have a good result. It was a lot less surgery (day surgery) than a flap method but it was painful enough, soon forgotten however. I was not willing to have them cut and scar any other part of my body thus implants were all I would consider; that or nothing. I am pleased with the result and can almost wear anything that I used to. I look down and I have cleavage even. I have become partial to padded bras to even everything out and will have a minor surgery in 6 months to fine tune the breasts (make them the same size) and to create nipples. I am happy with the results and am pleased I did it. I am smaller and NOT almost perfect like I was once upon a time but I am happy to be alive and healthy and these breasts were done with minimal surgery and I am pleased with them. Just a lovely perk at the end of all this....yup perky.