Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Another meeting with surgeon

After doing a lot of reading - and thinking - about reconstruction options, I decided that none of these options are good (for me) and that I do not want to undergo multiple surgeries with multiple opportunities for complications.  I made an appointment with my surgeon to ask him to do the bilateral surgery at the same time, so I can have one surgery and be finished.  The appointment only lasted about 3 minutes because he said that would be fine.  He certainly didn't try to talk me out of it, which I take as further validation of my impression that complex reconstruction doesn't have great outcomes.  As my oncologist put it, "You want to be supportive if it's what people want, but we see a lot of people with chronic pain." All right then!

I told my surgeon I'm concerned about developing lymphedema and asked him whether there is anything I can do to prevent it.  He said it is more likely to occur if he has to remove the lymph nodes under my collarbone, which he won't know until he looks at them during the surgery.  He said I can "practice good arm and hand hygiene." In other words, don't do anything to introduce an infection.

By all accounts, my surgeon is "brilliant." Any time I mention his name I hear something positive about him, so I have to trust that he will give me the best possible outcome.

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