Breast Reconstruction Surgery Fears
Breast Reconstruction Surgery Fears Why do patients fear surgery for breast reconstruction? It’s just another piece of the anxiety puzzle after a breast cancer diagnosis. You’re faced with the dreaded news that a best or only option for your treatment plan is a mastectomy. Lose my breasts? Your head starts reeling and you think about what you will look like losing the body parts that most defines you as a woman. There will be scars, pain, recovery, time away from a job and family, anesthesia, medical and insurance costs, and oh yes, what about getting all that cancer out of my body during surgery! The list goes. I decided to explore some of these fears in a poll. I asked members of a Facebook page I manage in support of those going through breast reconstruction. What they fear and what they go through in their diagnosis and decision to have Continue Reading →