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Breast Reconstruction after cancer

 
Three years ago I had breast reconstruction on 9/11, so I always refer to my new breasts as my mini twin towers.

I had breast cancer in 2005 and in the years since 2005 and 2010 I had five breast lumps in my other breast, so finally decided to have that one removed too and have breast reconstruction.

I opted for implants and it was the best decision I made.  Now I feel ‘whole’ again and ‘normal’.

I was happy to know I would look‘normal’ again because I al ways looked normal to everyone else, but to me I was not normal.  Wh en I was undressing I never ever felt ‘normal’ as I had to look at the area of my missing breast for 6 years. When I looked down I just saw my tummy and not a breast.

After surgery when I woke up the first thing I did was lifted the sheets and shed a tear. 
I had a normal looking breasts although the right one looked a little smaller than the left one. I had a radical mastectomy on the right in 2005 after being diagnosed with cancer and my chest wall muscle removed also.

The surgeon came to see me after the operation and told me that he did put in matching implants and later on I could have some fat transfer from my tummy to fill in my smaller breast, so I would have matching breasts. This I had done recently and now I have a perfect matching pair.

When he took out the breast tissue on the left side, he left the outer skin in tact and did a small breast lift.  He moved my nipple area too and sin ce I had a large areola area he reduced it in size and them grafted the spare skin on to the right breast, so that I would have an areola area otherwise I would have had just a mound there with no nipple area.

After another few months, I had a nipple made from my own skin so now I look great with matching breasts.

The summer after my breast reconstruction I went and could buy a swimsuit off the shelf for the first time in 6 years with a plunging neckline.  Be fore I had to wear a swimsuit up to my neck with a pocket in it for my prosthesis.

That summer I could not stop looking down admiring my new cleavage.  I felt like a teenager sticking out my new boobs for all to see.

Also that summer was the first time in 6 years I could wear a cocktail dress too.

Life has changed for me after reconstruction and above all, I feel like a whole woman again.  I was always a confident person, but now I feel like I can stick my chest out and achieve anything in life.
 
I proudly wear my t shirt to many lectures that I give on breast awareness and it reads “Yes by boobs are fake as my real ones tried to kill me”!!

Betty, a nurse in Malta
 

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Cosmetic Surgery Abroad   |   Page last updated 16 October 2018