Patient Stories

Kelsey’s DIEP Flap Surgery Experience October 11, 2022 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Hi, my name is Kelsey Cain and I’m from New Braunfels, Texas. I chose PRMA for a couple of reasons. My breast surgeon at the Start Center worked a lot with them and recommended I go to them. I also had another […]

Karen’s DIEP Flap Surgery Experience July 12, 2022 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Hi, my name is Karen and I live in Las Vegas. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February of 2020. I went through chemo and had a double mastectomy and then went through radiation. During my double mastectomy, I had expanders […]

Susan’s DIEP Flap Surgery Experience June 13, 2022 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Hi, my name is Susan and I’m 62 years old. Five weeks ago I had a bilateral mastectomy and DIEP flap with Dr. Ledoux and his nurse, Jonnie. The staff here is so amazing. At five weeks, I feel really good. I’m […]

Tammy’s DIEP Flap Surgery Experience May 04, 2022 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Hi, I am Tammy Coleman and I was referred to PRMA by my oncologist. I’m a two-time breast cancer survivor and the second time it came back I had to do a mastectomy. I decided to do a double mastectomy because I […]

Haylee’s DIEP Flap Surgery Experience December 27, 2021 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Hi, I am Haylee Skaggs. I am beyond blessed to be sitting here today telling you about my journey with PRMA. I was BRCA2 positive and when they found a lump on my left breast, I decided to take action and become […]

Chrissy’s DIEP Flap Surgery Experience December 06, 2021 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Hello, I’m Christina Leal and I had the bilateral mastectomy with DIEP flap breast reconstruction procedure by Dr. Chrysopoulo. I was diagnosed with the BRCA2 gene. I’m BRCA2 positive, so I had an 84% chance of breast cancer and a 28% chance […]

Elizabeth’s DIEP Flap Surgery Experience October 12, 2021 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin My name is Elizabeth Reed, and I was diagnosed with estrogen-sensitive breast cancer when I was 31 years old. The surgery I had with PRMA was the DIEP flap surgery. My story starts, when I was 31 years old. It was a […]

Kamara’s DIEP Flap Surgery Experience September 20, 2021 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin My name is Kamara Benevidez. I am from San Antonio and we have lived here for the last 21 years. I came to PRMA to have a double mastectomy with DIEP flap breast reconstruction. On August 7th, of last year, I was […]

Wendy’s DIEP Flap Surgery Experience August 17, 2021 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Hi, I’m Wendy Godinez and I am originally from Michigan. I moved to San Antonio, Texas 12 years ago. In February of this year, I was diagnosed with estrogen and progesterone receptor-positive cancer. In March, I had a bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy with […]