I will have my soon in January 2025 so I been cancelled my dr. 4 time I am very nervous so but I will do now thank for your video

Thank you ❤ you r star

You look good hun xx

Hi ! I will have my done soon very scary and exciting the same time xxx very about implant my 1 left side removed been 3 years now from surgery now I think I can do it but very worried xx

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Great tips. Thanks. You are bookmarked! Surgery coming soon!

Lovely video. So helpful and informative. I'm so terrified of this major op coming for me. I'm in South Africa and under state care.

You are so brave. I am terrified of this part...Still to come for me.

Thank you so much for your video. I still have to go thru all this.

Love your positivity in your videos.

I'm doing my 5th Chemo tomorrow. My oncologist will change my meds. Part of his plan for me.i also have a port. Makes things much easier.

Hi I loved your message❤

Thanks for the tip about checking with my insurance company to see if they cover mastectomy bras and prosthetics.

Thank you for sharing your journey! I hope you are doing well!

I love your pray. You are so lovely.

Thank you for this. I'm following a similar route to you. Heading towards my 5th Chemo. No idea what I will be getting. I will watch your channel.

Hi Thanks for sharing. I had my mastectomy on left side in Jan 2024 n i chosed flat. Subsequently now i realised I dont like the feeling n look of flat n decided to reconstruct. As my original breast is very small i was wondering if the surgeon can do a LD flap n upsize my breast even on the right side. How should we sleep if the back wounds are there n how long do you taie to recover to resume nirnal activities. Any activity or action we cant do since the back muscles has been removed?

Feel better soon❤

Prayers hope your recovery was fast ❤

How long did it take before your breasts got back big

❤ I love your video I am diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in both breasts and this video is very helpful because I naturally am a 40 c and I want to have them a 42 - 46 double d I'm happy sister that you are a survivor of breast cancer some of us think it would never happen to them but it does ladies if you feel a lump in your breasts please go get it checked out before it's too late. God bless you

Thank you so much for caring and sharing this information. And I hope you are feeling great these days.

Hi, thank you for sharing your story. I’m at week 4 after LD breast reconstruction. I would love to see your photos of LD scar after healing after 1 yr. Thank you

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Thank you so much for making this video. I had a bilateral mastectomy in April with expanders put in. My exchange surgery was yesterday and I’m so afraid of being disappointed. I am a single mom and have struggled so much this year

I am facing this surgery for my rt side after ssns mastectomy, recurrence, lumpectomy and radiation. I am a radiation therapist myself for 30 years so my job is physical and yoga is my passion. I have no idea how this is going to go or what to expect long term….will I ever be able to do a headstand again???? I’m 54 and have been dealing with “the gift that keeps on giving” for 4 years now and find that I get so discouraged each time I have start getting better and “recovered” only to have to face another surgery. And info would be appreciated.

Failed flap in March? Has anyone experienced? Please let me know.

Very good information. Thank you!

Hugs. You are inspiring.

I had stage 3 breast cancer first reconstruction failed so now im getting ready to have lattimusdorsi. Recovery time please.❤❤❤

Im 59 stage 3 breast cancer . My first surgery. Failed n im trying to find someone and very few on utube . I plan on my 2nd reconstruction.lattimus dorsi. I also have lympademia. God bless . Please reach out if you are able . Im a hairstylist n concerned.

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Thank you so much for sharing, I have an upcoming surgery due to breast cancer. I know that a large amount of lymph nodes will be removed. I tried to delay the surgery to see if lymph nodes would respond better to treatment. However they have shrunk with two rounds of chemo but after that my body reacted horribly to chemo I had to stop. I have an option to do hormone therapy to see if it will shrink the area of lymph nodes that have to be removed but they will not know if it’s working until 18 months. The breast that’s going to be removed and lymph nodes are on my dominate arm and hand side. This is why I want to make the best decisions. I really appreciate your video, you are beautiful inside and out! ❤

I am a breast cancer survivor that has had a very complicated history. I am now facing a LD Flap reconstruction on the side that was treated with radiation. Like you I am worried about this surgery. Since May of this year I have had two surgeries on my right side. My mastectomy was 10 years ago but because of some problems with the implants in the last year they replaced them with new implants. After three weeks the right breast started to die and had to be completely removed down to the ribs. I have pictures I can share. I would like to hear more from you on what to expect. How can we contact each other?

Hello, thank you for posting this video is very helpful. My surgery for bilateral latissimus flap will be September 10, 2024. I’m kind of freaking out about the surgery. thank you so very much.

I was thinking of you and just checked to see if you had posted any new videos, and was glad to find this one! I hope you had safe & on-time travels (it was a week of travel delays for us!) and just know how important you are to so many of us!! ❤

Thank you Chantel! From London, UK, and I am about to have an LD flap on my left side which flat on the 8th. I had a failed bilateral DIEP flap for breast cancer. You are an inspiration.

Currently in chemotherapy treatments. 4 AC treatments- whew. (Red Devil drug for sure) From mid-April to end of May. Just finished my 6th cycle of Taxol. Have 2 more Taxol to go. I have neuropathy and definitely some mid-drift pain. Nausea and pretty bad constipation. Ready to be done with chemo. Radiation to begin in September.

I am in tears while I writing this comment. My mastectomy is on August 16th, two weeks from now. Don’t know what to expect… frenetically watching videos after videos that can give me some relief… my surgeon told me, he sill work with me until I am happy… but for now, everything is a mishmash inside my head….😢

So happy to hear this update! That is huge! Thanks so much for letting us all know. I am going to see the surgeon on Tuesday to discuss if I am a candidate for the bypass. I’m so nervous.

Very helpful, thank you very much for the video. 💕🙏

Thank you so much! I appreciate your raw details as I’m at the end of expansion and I’m sort of regretting the last 50 mL. You’re right, the mL looks so difficult on every woman. Thank you.

BC is so hard. I told my team again and again that I wanted small, effortless boobs. I'm small and was expanded to 210 - which looks way way bigger than I wanted. I loved how I looked before the expanders were filled. But again, no one listens. This process is really frustrating because there isn't a conversation around our goals as patients. I'm getting foobs like the plastic surgeon likes to do but my goals were to never, ever need a bra again, and be like a size A, even if I have to lose my nipples. But again, no time for what we want in this process.

Never should a person do chemo according to the Bible. 1 Corinthians verses 11-15 says your hair is your glory. ( God is warning you) There are so many treatment options for those who do deep dives that work that are non toxic, painless. Treatments that work are serving up platters of oxygen which cancer cells HATE BY GOING INTO A HYPERBARIC OXYGEN CHAMBER ( $125 for one hour) , Ivermectin ( Nobel prize winning drug that does a number on your immune system to kick cancers ass) apricot seeds which seem to work for the HUNZA people in northern Pakistan who live to be 100-120. These seeds were banned in the 1950’s because they cure cancer ( $38.00 for 16 oz bag.) no need whatsoever for double mastectomy, chemo, radiation or endocrine therapy, even biopsies spread the cancer. I just hate when people hop on the chemo conveyor belt and do no research, so very sad. There are also high dose Vitamin C IV’s. Just so many things besides all this garbage, steroids ( make you gain weight) pain killers, it’s all so sick what people do when they make ignorant decisions

I can absolutely relate. I have some good friends who don't understand my fatigue and ask much more of e than I can deliver. fatigue is powerful and debiltating and frustrating because it is unpredictable.

Chantel, I just found your channel and I already love you!! You are an angel. I was just diagnosed and have not even talked with the "team" about next steps. But you have made me feel like a warrior!!! I can do this. Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!

Thank you for sharing! My very beloved sister-in-law is having her double mastectomy and tissue expanders put in today. I’m very anxious for her. Really appreciate you taking the time to share your experiences stage by stage to help others in a similar situation and loved ones to understand what will happen and how it feels. It’s 4 years since you posted this, so I’m hoping you’re doing really well now and that you’re happy with how things have turned out. Sending you my warmest love! ❤️

Hello sweetheart! God bless you always!🙏🏻❤️ Can you please tell me, if you feel the burning sensation under your arm, after the flap, and the removal of yours lymph nodes? You have 20 removed, I just had 5 removed, but the sensation is so annoying, is always burning, especially if I stretch. Please help me sweetheart. Thank you so much.

Thank you for this info and for your peaceful delivery of it! I’m having bilateral mastectomy next week, and have so many questions. ❤

I have my double mastectomy in one week. Thank you so much for this ❤