Breast cancer surgery
October 13th 2006 16:17
Anyone contemplating any type of plastic surgery should do their homework. It’s imperative. I’ve talked about my contemplation of liposuction, but during my research I’ve learned about a lot of other things. Some of the new information that I found was on the George Lindemann Sr., MD FACS Blog. His direct way of explaining things cleared up a lot of the mystery for me. One of things I found on his blog was something I think all women need to know. An unfortunate number of women face surgery every year due to breast cancer. I personally have known a few ladies who have had to deal with partial or complete mastectomies. I know their physical battle was tough, but almost as bad was the emotional battle connected with body image. On Dr. Lindemann’s blog he talks about an option I did not know existed and that is: Oncoplastic surgery. While this sounds like some incredibly technical procedure, Dr. Lindemann explains that is where the cancer surgeon and the plastic surgeon work simultaneously on the breast cancer patient. What an awesome thing…a woman could leave her treatment with less body image issues and therefore, less emotional issues. I, for one, have added that term to my vocabulary in the event I would ever have to face this issue.
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