DIEP flap Surgery Phase 1, Returning Home

There are several steps and preparations to be made for DIEP flap surgery, phase 1.  We spend a lot of time preparing for the actual surgery but it is important to think about what it will be like when you return home.   I will share my own personal experience and give you some helpful hints and preparations if this is the type of reconstruction you have chosen and what I did after DIEP flap surgery, phase 1, and returning home. Protect the Work of Art It does not matter if you travel to have your reconstruction, as I did, or if you will be having it done in the same town that you live in. You are going to need support from either friends or family when you return home from the hospital after your surgery. Remember, you are going to have an abdominal incision that runs from hip bone Continue Reading →