Further reconstruction post mx

Life after a breast cancer diagnosis Living with breast cancer
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Hi there,

I had a mastectomy in one breast a few years ago with immediate very successful reconstruction with an implant. However following a recurrence two years later I had lymph node removal plus chemo and radiotherapy. In the two years before I was very happy with my reconstruction as the implant was very good and very balanced and I was comfortable in a bikini. However because of the rads this impacted my reconstruction and now this breast feels very hard and has lifted too much because of the radiotherapy, which I was warned could likely happen.

I am considering the Diep or a further surgery but am not sure it’s worth the risk of more surgery. Has anyone gone down this route?

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I had a diep flap reconstruction following masectomy as I didn’t want to keep going back for any further work in the future. Fast forward 9 years when my cancer returned and the scar tissue from my reconstruction has caused problems. In hindsight I would not have had unnecessary surgery but at the time it seemed the right thing to do and it looked good. Obviously the tissue is not breast so behaves differently from my other breast and there is no symmetry