My breast reconstruction surgery is scheduled for September 16th. It will be done by my plastic surgeon and will take 12-14 hours. I will spend 3-5 days in the hospital. He will be doing a DIEP flap surgery. Here is the description from the Mayo Clinic page about the types of reconstruction.
DIEP flap
During a deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap procedure, the surgeon removes a section of abdominal skin and fat, along with the associated blood vessels. Using complex microsurgical techniques, the blood vessels are attached to the ones in your chest and the skin and fat are used to create a breast. copyright Mayo Clinic
Recovery is much longer than my double mastectomy and I will be out of work for several weeks, maybe more than a month. My mom plans to come out and help for for a week or two, giving Kenn a break and letting him get back to work. And yes, there will be drains – again!
And again, thank you everyone for all your support and help.
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