A BRCA1 diagnosis, and the drive from Shreveport
A patient who chose bilateral preventive (prophylactic) mastectomies with DIEP flap reconstruction, and traveled from Louisiana for it.
After a BRCA1 diagnosis she elected to proceed with bilateral prophylactic mastectomies and reconstruction with DIEP flaps.
She says the before-and-after photographs and the reviews are what brought her from Shreveport, Louisiana — which is worth knowing, because it is the route many patients describe.
On the result: she is happy with it, and the abdominal scar sits in her bikini line and is covered by underwear. On recovery: she described her pain experience, in her word, as “great,” and she needed pain medication for three days.
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