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Got a date....

I have finally got a date for my reconstruction. I saw my new surgeon this week and was over the moon with what he will be doing and confident that this time things will go a bit more smoothly. He told my my recon in the breast I had cancer in was done like an older ladies breast. I was shocked when he said this and that my old surgeon had done it that way when there was an alternative. My new surgeon said that its because BC is not as common in young women and so that the usual way of doing the reconstruction is this Basically my breast is flat at the top and has no fleshy bit like most young women's boobs are. So he will be putting a new bigger implant in. This implant is a new one that has foam around it which is hard for 2 months then softens creating more of a natural look. He is also putting a new one in my right breast as this one has dropped and buckled. Its weighed my breast down so will need an uplift too. My nipple recon will be done at the same time. I am hoping this wi