Abstract
More than 100,000 American women undergo mastectomy and breast reconstruction every year because of breast cancer. Thousands more are having double mastectomies to prevent it. So much has been written about breast cancer, and so much overlooks the reality of reconstruction when a woman has a mastectomy and opts for this process. It is difficult, painful, and traumatizing at times. Most women do not emerge with a new set of breasts and nipples in a single operation. Breast reconstruction usually takes months and can take years to finish. Some women never do, living without nipples or with imperfect results. Others opt not to have reconstruction at all. Still others struggle with one of the biggest women’s health questions today: lumpectomy and radiation or mastectomy?
Breast Cancer Surgery and Reconstruction offers a glimpse into the big picture of the various stages and types of breast reconstruction using stories and photos of real women. It offers a true picture of what breast reconstruction entails, and offers hope to those facing it. This is a book to help women with a variety of issues surrounding their choices, with powerful insights from women who have been there.
Schlagworte
Reconstructive Surgery Breast Cancer Reconstruction- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- 93–100 Ch10. Uneven Results 93–100
- 119–126 Ch13. Revisionists 119–126
- 127–136 Ch14. Sex and Intimacy 127–136
- 137–144 Ch15. Lymphedema 137–144
- 145–154 Ch16. Arab Culture 145–154
- 177–186 Ch20. Previvors 177–186
- 187–200 Ch21. Family 187–200
- 201–206 Ch22. Pregnancy 201–206
- 207–210 Ch23. Wrapping It Up 207–210
- 211–216 Notes 211–216
- 217–222 Glossary 217–222
- 223–224 Bibliography 223–224
- 225–228 Index 225–228
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- „... the challenge after surgery and reconstruction is, how do we reclaim intimacy with our partners ...” „... . “When I had my surgery, I couldn’t work. I’d be off six-to-eight weeks at a time. I wasn’t allowed to ...” „... Society,” Savoretti said. “Many of these women want their HEALTH INSURANCE AND BREAST CANCER SURGERY AND ...”
- „... with breast cancer. She was too thin for surgery to create a new breast with her own tummy, buttock ...” „... little bigger? The nice thing is, when they are happy with the size, three to four weeks after surgery ...” „... on the skin, we can remove it after surgery.” Horton also likes the fact that saline implants give ...”
- „... 2014 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery describing what he and several prominent plastic ...” „... at the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery, a leading New Orleans plastic surgery center.Myers ...” „... from underarm breast surgery scars, eyelids, the inner thigh, and even the butt, then spliced together ...”
- „... are called secondary breast revision procedures to fine-tune the first surgery but also fix implants ...” „... her time on breast revision surgery. One of her patients, who was eighty-five, wanted breast ...” „... feel about spending time and money on additional plastic surgery. “There definitely is an element of ...”
- „... 516Medical DestinationsKatrina Bourn, her mother, and her sister all had breast cancer surgery and ...” „... surgery and reconstruction. Photo supplied by St. Charles Surgical Hospital.52 Chapter 6Ten years after ...” „... the world dedicated exclusively for breast cancer surgery and reconstruction. It is the leading ...”
- „... here. There’s never too much surgery.’”They discussed her procedure, and he showed her dozens of before ...” „... switch insurance plans, then went ahead with the surgery. Belinda Cox didn’t get her first choice of a ...” „... tattoo.”Finding the right doctor and medical team can be a challenge for women facing breast cancer surgery ...”
- „... other breast and Emmy Pontz-Rickert had breast cancer surgery at age twenty-four. Two years later, she ...” „... plastic sur-gery at the University of Michigan. “We providers and the patients were all scared senseless ...” „... Empowered, or FORCE. Women asked about the issue at several of the conference’s surgery sessions, which ...”