There are huge potential repercussions to breast cancer surgery and reconstruction—it carries emotional and psychological trauma as well as the physical changes women experience.
When I was considering my breast cancer surgery options, I kept thinking about how one of my friends who'd had a mastectomy told me she couldn't even feel her sports bra when she wore it, because her reconstructed breasts were so numb.
This numbness can extend from a woman's belly button to her collar bone—leaving her unable to feel any touch, temperature or protective sensation. So while there may be relief around the cancer being removed, there are side effects that can be really impactful. It devastates me to hear women who have gone through breast cancer surgery say that they won't wear certain clothes, or change in gym locker rooms, or undress in front of their partners because of their breast cancer scars. I know other women whose intimate relationships changed drastically after mastectomy and reconstruction surgery because of how self-conscious they felt and how hard it was to feel like their breasts weren't their own anymore due to loss of sensation.
Dr. Anne Peled's own experience of breast cancer has meant she is now on a mission to help other women understand issues of sensation loss in the chest after surgery.
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