Hi just wanting to compare notes with anyone who had a historical LD recon and had recent recurrence? Reading other posts it looks like LD is not done so often nowadays?
I haven’t had it done. But recon using latissimus dorsi muscle/ flap seems to be an older method. My second surgeon was horrified I’d been told that was my best option as I swim, offroad cycle, cross country ski & already have some compromised shoulder mobility / strength after shoulder surgery. LICAP seems to be the newer / preferred alternative but I decided against surgical recon after 2x WLE.
Yes I was asked how active i was by the plastic surgeon when i had it done in 2004. Breast surgeons didnt usually do the recon at that time. I had my own horse and did a lot of sport but was told unless i went skiing it wouldnt bother me. Which to be fair it never stopped me doing anything and was a fantastic cosmetic result. I had long term nerve pain controlled by amytriptyline.
However the muscle and blood supply going through my axilla has caused a bit of concern to the breast surgeon with this recent operation. Im only a week in and havent spoken to him about whether there were any complications finding lymph nodes yet. Thanks though for your reply its interesting to hear others experiences x