Breast Reconstruction Travel & Post-op Visits
Breast Reconstruction Travel & Post-op Visits A question was posed to me recently about breast reconstruction travel and post-op visits. The question was this: Terri – when you traveled for your DIEP, did you travel back/ forth for all the follow up visits also? So, wondering how all the follow up visits go in a situation like this? How long did you stay in SA while recovering? It is an important question to ask. I had the same question before my own DIEP flap surgery. DIEP flap is a very specialized breast reconstruction surgery using the patient’s own tissue. There are few qualified micro-surgeons who perform it with a high rate of success and have amassed a great number of flap surgeries performed. When the numbers are extrapolated, there is not even one in every state. It makes sense, then, that to find a highly-qualified micro-surgeon, patients frequently must travel for Continue Reading →