Hi Annamae, I was left with a very obvious dent. I was likened to someone taking a slice out of a Terry's Chocolate orange. It bothered me from the start and I always wanted it gone. I asked about reconstruction at about the stage you are at. The BS said that a WLE probably doesn't merit reconstruction using back muscle / stomach etc which they do for mastectomies - though I know one friend who did end up having a full reconstruction later. In my case they advised lipofill ( fat transfer where they take it out of my thighs with liposuction and fix the dent with it).
They have to do this gradually. Mine has taken three goes, third tomorrow. It can't be done immediately after radiotherapy, as they need to allow time for the tissue damage from radiotherapy to heal so that it takes properly, but it has made a massive difference to how I feel about myself. It only involves a day surgery - and tiny little incisions to take fat out and put it back in. Bruising for a few days, but otherwise no problems. Some people just want to move on with life with no more surgery. I wanted it cosmetically fixed. After all, people have cosmetic surgery just because, and we just want to look as near as possible to how we did before xx
