Breast reconstructions..?

My best friends mum lost her life this year to breast cancer. She had been batling with it for 5 years. Your poor girlfriend!! Best wishes to her and hope you are alright!! I am not sure about the whole nipple thing?? Hope she can find the right guy who doesn`t mind… Keep smiling 🙂 Tashxx

How devastating for your friend, redhead. Thank God she has someone like you in her life.

Im glad to hear that the redhead! it must be incredibly hard time for her , i hope your friend gets better soon.

Wow, thankyou everyone for your kind thoughts & words. Miakat – i love what you said about the Right one loving her even more for her strength & bravery – thats so true & exactly what i want tosay, but sometimes i get so caught up in the emotion of it, that the right words momenterily escape me when im talking to my friend. Im so glad to hear they CAN reconstruct the nipples, & i`d never thought of tattooing them on. I`l definately pass this on to her. Dedide – i agree, keeping her busy & happy can be great treatment in itself. She has a great circle of friends, & we all take turns to keep her as occupied as we can on the weekes thats shes not too tired from chemo. Im glad your mum is well & happy too – it helps to hear the survival stories. Thanks again everyone. 🙂

Hi Redhead my mother went through breast cancer when she was in her early 30s she had a masectomy. She is great and well now (the doctors said she wouldn`t make it). She never had a reconstuction but some of the girls in her ward had reconstuctions and they are extremely happy with them. At that time I think they tattooed nipples on. I know girls who have had total masectomies as a precaution, they never even had cancer. They can do amazing things with surgery now.I think it is all a big shock for her as well as the people around her. The best thing is too make her feel comfortable and happy get her interested in something other than the surgery once she gets over all the shock she will see things in a better light my mother did. She planned on getting a reconstruction but never did. My mother just thinks of it as a big scar that isn`t exposed to people and a reminder that she is very lucky to be alive. I wish both of you all the best as I do know what you are going through. Just don`t let her dwell on things.

I don`t know anyone who has been through this but do know quite a few people who have had breast implants. They are all extremely happy. All think well worth it. Some swore they would never do it and since doing it have never looked back. I know this is not the same as what your friend is going through but I think it says alot for the quality of work Australian doctors have to offer. As miakat says they can reconstruct a nipple pretty easily these days. I`m sure she will look just as beautiful as before. Wishing you and your girlfriend best wishes. xoxo

The Redhead I feel for you, what a supportive friend. I have lost one close friend to cancer, but I don`t know anyone who has experienced breast cancer as such. All you can do is offer encouragement as you are. It will take time, but with the help of friends such as you she will get her confidence back and be able to live a perfectly normal life, with surgery these days the fake one`s can look better than the real one`s anyway.

Have never been through this or had a friend go through (but what a great friend you are!) But from what I have read – the right one will not only not mind, but admire and love her even more for her strength and bravery. Big hugs to you and your friend. As Christina Applegate said about her reconstruction – she will still have cute boobs when she`s 90! Oh, and they can reconstruct a nipple from other skin on your body, get her to chat to her surgeon who can go into more details.