Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Thank you all; I live in Michigan and am not going for another reconstruction .
I am done, just wanted to let anyone who is thinking of reconstruction be very sure of the
qualifications of your plastic surgeon.

Thank you for the explanation. Did you do any radiation or chemo?

Yes - I had 4 rounds of chemo and 30 days of radiation. It was advised to have chemo (such as they do for an oat cell ca which also treats neuroendocrine), but after 3 different Tumor Board discussions, I chose not to go that route. I'm at the 4-year mark and, so far, so good.

I am not sure if I understand correctly. Which route you didn't go?

@polianad22
"It was advised to have chemo (such as they do for an oat cell ca which also treats neuroendocrine), but after 3 different Tumor Board discussions, I chose not to go that route." That would have been in addition to the treatment for the original invasive ductal cancer, i.e. Taxotere and cyclophosphamide that I received.

Understood.

It's called Multicentric.

I had my unilateral mastectomy on Monday from 12 to 4. The plastic surgeon did the closure. No pain. Taking Ibuprofen and Tylenol.

Breast Reconstruction with fat grafting
I had Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Stage 2, triple positive HERS2 and had a mastectomy using the Goldilocks procedure with skin sparing-no expander. I have completed my chemo treatments and I am looking at starting my reconstruction doin fat grafting from the flanks as I am not a candidate for implants. Wondering if anyone has had this done and how it went? Do you recommend the procedure? Do you wish you hadn't done the procedure? Pros and Cons? Any information would be helpful. Thanks

@jdh65, As you probably already know, fat grafting (or autologous fat transfer) is a new breast reconstruction technique. Because fat grafting is so new, no large clinical studies have been done on the procedure. The studies that have been done involve fewer than 100 women and the average follow-up time is less than 4 years.

I believe @boathouse @kwyskiel @jboisjolie @celica have had fat grafting reconstruction done or considered it.

JDH, what factors are you considering as you make your decision?