Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Women who choose to undergo breast reconstruction following a mastectomy have several reconstructive options. Those options can be broken down into two categories – autologous (using your own tissue) and alloplastic (using an implant). Both types of procedures have been shown to improve patients’ quality of life, but numerous studies […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Good morning everyone, I am Christine with BRAVE, and I am really excited to introduce our guests today. About a week ago we had Jen Reynolds on as a patient survivor and also the founder of the Pink Warrior Advocates in San Antonio. With us today is her doctor, her […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Continuing our weekly support spotlight, we are joined with Jen Reynolds from Pink Warrior Advocates (previously known as Pink Warrior Angels-Hill Country). You can catch the replay of our interview here: Can you please tell us more about your organization? Pink Warrior Advocates (PWA) is a local breast cancer nonprofit […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin We are continuing our weekly support spotlight by featuring the local breast cancer support organization – Overcomers. In this spotlight video we are joined with Genny, a co-founder of Overcomers. What is Overcomers? Overcomers started back in 2015. It was formed for the purpose of helping women through breast reconstruction […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin For our Support Spotlight this week we are joined by the local Susan G. Komen organization in San Antonio. How did the local chapter of Susan G. Komen get started? Yes, absolutely, I am so happy to be with you here, Courtney. I know it is a crazy time for […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin In continuation on our weekly Support Spotlight, we are honored to spotlight the BRAVE Coalition! In our interview, we were joined with Christine from BRAVE. Catch the replay here! What is the BRAVE Coalition? BRAVE is a 501 (c)(3) it has been around 9 years. I use to be in […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Today we are honored to spotlight DIEP C Foundation, an amazing organization providing education and resources to empower women and men with information to make an informed decision about options for breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. Can you just kick us off by sharing with us what the DIEP C Foundation […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Catch the replay of Dr. Chrysopoulo discussing sensory nerve reconstruction and how PRMA surgeons help to restore sensation back to a reconstructed breast following a mastectomy. Can you explain to what causes the loss of sensation to the chest wall? Yes, so when the mastectomy is performed, the breast surgeon removes all […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Lymphedema is an abnormal swelling that occurs in the extremities for breast cancer patients. It is related to prior surgery, usually when lymph nodes are removed in the armpit area during an axillary lymph node dissection or a sentinel lymph node biopsy. Much less common in the sentinel lymph […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Many women are going to have their therapeutic mastectomy in the absence of a reconstruction if they’re in a geographic area where reconstruction is having to be postponed because of the COVID-19 situation. What we’re going to do in our practice is make every effort to get those patients to […]
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