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The ablation of a breast is always difficult to live and numerous women in France undergo this operation every year. Today, thanks to the progress of the surgery, it is always possible to rebuild a new breast. Every year 30 000 breast cancers are discovered in France. For numerous women, this diagnosis entails a mastectomy, in other words the amputation of the breast. An amputation as symbolicThis operation, necessary to suppress the tumor, is generally lived badly by the women. The breast is loaded many symbols: femininity, motherhood, sexuality, picture of oneself. This operation is as much a symbolic amputation that anatomical. Before the operation, the surgeon must give all information wished by the patient, notably with regard to the scar and the difficulties to move the shoulder after the operation, but also the possible complications, of which the rare risk of big arm in case of radiotherapy. After the operation most women don't want to see their scar, then they get used gradually to their new aspect. To the hospital Saint Louis, the nursing team proposes to the women a psychologist's help. This one can bring its support before and after the operation as well as during the hospitalization, especially as the heavy course of the woman operated is not finished: after the mastectomy, it remains to endure the chemotherapy or the radiotherapy again. The reconstruction of the breast is always possible"Today, specify the Dr Jean Masson, the reconstruction of the breast is fully part of the treatment of this cancer." To the hospital Saint Louis, as in other hospitals, the nursing team presents, since the first consultation, the possibilities of reconstruction of the breast, the most often thanks to a prosthesis. To know that this possibility exists is very reassuring for most women, especially as until the reconstruction, the operated woman will carry a prosthesis in her support stuffs. Most women accept the operation. When does take place the reconstruction? It is preferable to wait for at least one year after the operation. During this period the woman can say goodbye of the former breast and can think more serenely about the reconstruction. Sometimes, it is the same surgeon who practices the two operations. The women appreciate this possibility that allows them to confide more easily in a surgeon that they already know a lot. As for the reaction of the couple, all is possible. The ablation of the breast can entail tensions or, on the contrary, to weld the partners more again. Some women refuse that their mate touches them, undress in the black or have fear of the mirror. These reactions are normal and unforeseeable. To speak is useful of itThe association to "Live as before" can help you usefully. it regroups some women having lived the painful experience of an ablation of the breast. They will know to counsel you and to listen you. 2009-03-05
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