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TRICK OR TREATER.
>>> OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH.
AND WHILE MUCH OF THE EMPHASIS
IS PUT ON PREVENTING CANCER
THEY ARE WEEKING-- LOOK WHAT
THE HAPPENS WHEN A WOMAN IS--
LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A
WOMAN IS DIAGNOSED AND OPTION
FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
AFTER THE BREAST IS REMOVE.
THIS IS A BOARD CERTIFIED
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE
SURGEON HERE IF HOUSTON AND
GOOD MORNING WE THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
>> OBVIOUSLY AFTER A WOMAN HAS
GONE THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE
THIS, THEY ARE DEALING WITH
PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL PAIN BUT
MOVING TOWARD THEY ARE GOING TO
WANT TO MAKE CHANGES AND THINK
ABOUT RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.
SO AFTER A MASTECTOMY OR LUMP
LUMPECTOMY WHAT SHOULD THEY BE
THINKING ABOUT.
>> LET ME START BY SAYING FEWER
THAN 25% OF WOMEN ACTUALLY KNOW
WHAT THE BEFORE THE
RECONSTRUCTIVE OPTIONS ARE --
BEFORE THE -- KNOW WHAT THE
RECONSTRUCTION OPTIONS ARE
BEFORE THE BREAST SURGERY.
IT CAN IMPACT WHAT TYPE OF
STAGING YOU MIGHT DO WHETHER
IT'S IMMEDIATE RECONSTRUCTION
ORWE DAY THIS IT.
SOME OPTIONS INCLUDING USING
THE WOMAN'S OWN BODY TISSUES
WHICH CAN INCLUDE THE ABDOMEN
AND THE BUTTOCK AND THIGHS OR
THE BACK.
AND OTHER OPTIONS INCLUDE
IMPLANT RECONSTRUCTION HOW WE
DECIDE ONE VERSUS ANOTHER CAN
DEPEND P ON THE WOMAN'S BODY
EVIDENCE WHERE THE POTENTIAL
DONOR SITES ARE AS WELL AS WHAT
THE MEDICAL MORBIDITY ALLOWS
THEM TO HAVE AND WHAT THE
PREFERENCES ARE OF THE WOMAN.
>> I GUESS MOST WOMEN PREFER TO
DO SOMETHING NATURAL FROM THEIR
BODY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN CAN--
ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> A FAIR NUMBER OF WOMEN CAN
HAVE THEIR BODY TISSUE.
IT'S A BIGGER SURGERY AND
THERE'S A LITTLE MORE OF A
RECOVERY FROM USING A TISSUE.
AND SOMETIMES WE ARE USING A
COMBINATION OF IMPLANTS AND THE
TESH YOU OR YOUR OWN TISSUE
DEPENDING ON WHETHER THIS IS
ENOUGH TISSUE TO RECONSTRUCT
THE BREAST.
>> AND I AM SURE AS A WOMAN IS
GETTING READY FOR A MASTECTOMY
SHE IS THINKING ABOUT AT LOVE
THINGS BUT MAYBE NOT THINKING
BEYOND TO THIS . BUT WHAT ARE
THINGS MAYBE -- POINT BUT WHAT
ARE THINGS THEY SHOULD THINK
ABOUT POST SURGERY?
>> POST SURGERY IN TERMS OF
RECOVERY.
>> YES AND GOING ON TO THE
RECONSTRUCTIVE PART.
>> SURE.
SO, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT
WE OFFER IS IMMEDIATE
RECONSTRUCTION.
SO IT'S ALMOST SOMETIMES
THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOUR
RECONSTRUCTIONS OPTION ARE
BEFORE THE BREAST SURGERY SO WE
CAN TIME IT SO METIMES OR
MANY TIMES WE ARE DOING BREAST
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AT THE
TIME OF REMOVAL OF THE BREAST
OR THE MASTECTOMY.
AND THAT SETTING, YOU CAN WAKE
UP WITH A BREAST INTACT WHETHER
IT'S DONE WITH IMPLANTS OR
TISSUE EXPANDERS OR YOUR OWN
TISSUE.
>> AND SOME WOMEN MAY FEEL
HOPELESS DURING THE TIME HOW DO
YOU ENCOURAGE THEM?
>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO
EXPLORE WHAT THE DIFFERENT
OPTIONS ARE BREAST CANCER IS A
DEVASTATING AND EMOTIONALLY
DEVASTSTSTING DIAGNOSIS.
THERE'S A BIBIG TEAM THAT CAN B
ASSOCIATED WITH TREATING THE
BREAST CANCER ITSELF.
BUT ALSO AT THE RECONSTRUCTIVE
OPTIONS.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO TALK
TO A BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC
SURGEON THAT SPECIALIZES IN
*** SO THEY CAN FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE OPTIONS BEFORE
THEY HAVE THE BREAST SURGERY.
>>>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
CERTAINLY A TOPIC THAT AFFECTS
SO MANY WOMEN.
THANKS FOR GONG NEWS A PLEASURE
TO BE -- JOINING US.
>> A PLEASURE TO BEER.
>> IF YOU MISSED ANYTHING WE