Hello,
I'm looking for some advice for my mum. She is currently considering a breast reduction surgery and I'd like to know how I can be supportive throughout the process. She's in the very early stages of a consultation with a surgeon Gary Ross (
http://www.garylross.com/). I've only done a bit of research so far –he sounds great. I've also been trying to do loads of research around the surgery, but the biggest thing I've seen is that it's obviously different for everyone.
She keeps asking for my opinion on the subject and I really don't know what to say. It just seems like such a personal thing and she must have all of her own reasons for wanting to do this. I don't really want to weigh in with my own thoughts as I'm not in her situation so I don't want to be selfish or change her decision.
I'm also concerned about downtime after the surgery. Will I need to take time off work to help out after the surgery and how long can I expect to be needed? I've never ever had my appendix out, so I have no experience in recovering from any type of surgery, so I don't really know what to expect. Is there a long stay in the hospital afterwards or would she come straight home?
Curious to know if anyone has any advice on the topic?
I know it's a bit of a random one, I just know that a friend got some amazing advice on this message board a while back so I thought I'd give it a go
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