Recommended reading/watching and products...

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BOOKS

• Twisting Fate: My Journey with BRCA - from Breast Cancer Doctor to Patient and Back, by Pamela Munster, M.D.

• Understanding BRCA - Living with the Breast Cancer Gene, by Clarissa Foster

• The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook, 4th edition, by Kathy Steligo

• Dangerous Boobies - Breaking Up with my Time-Bomb Breasts, by Caitlin Brodnick

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GENERAL ARTICLES

• Opinion: My Medical Choice (by Angelina Jolie)

• Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary of a Surgery

• Experts Back Angelina Jolie Pitt in Choices for Cancer Prevention

 

ARTICLES ON GENETICS

• Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome (HBOC) - BRCA1

• The Lethal Gene That Emerged in Ancient Palestine and Spread Around the Globe

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ARTICLES ON SPECIFIC SURGERIES

• Salpingo-oophorectomy: Preparation, side effects, and recovery

• Two-stage approach to risk-reducing mastectomy improves results for women with large breasts

• Myths may put off some women from post-cancer breast reconstruction

• Pre-pectoral breast reconstruction: A hot topic at ASPS

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VIDEOS

• Wise Pattern Breast Reduction (graphic!)

• Prophylactic Mastectomy

• Tissue Expander Removal With Permanent Implant and Fat Grafting (graphic!)

• How an Abdominoplasty is Done (graphic!)

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USEFUL PRODUCTS

• Heal In Comfort Wet & Dry Drain Pouch Kit -- includes a little cotton apron you can wear during the day under your shirt to carry the drain bulbs, and a mesh apron you can wear in the shower for the same purpose. They work really well!

• Xtreme Comforts 7" Memory Foam Bed Wedge Pillow -- This wedge props up your torso slightly allowing you to sleep comfortably on your back.

• Leachco Snoogle Body Pillow -- this large C-shaped pillow allows you to prop up my arms for more comfort when you sleep. Once you can sleep on your side again, you can curl around it and it around you to provide back support, leg support, etc.

• Prevena Incision Management System -- Not all plastic surgeons use these, but so far, it looks like it was a wise decision by Dr. Brown. My mastectomy incisions are healing very well. Make sure you ask your doctor about using this system.

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BRAS

• True&Co True Body Lift Scoop Neck Full Cup Bra - I am hooked on these! So comfy you almost can't tell you are wearing a bra, but provides support.

• Knix Racerback Evolution bra and Evolution Tank - I particularly like the tank because it smooths your midsection and is also a bra!

• Coobie Comfort Bra #9060 -- This bra was recommended to me by a mastectomy patient I talked to as super comfortable post-surgery. She is right! Has removable pads.

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