I am a 58 year old woman, diagnosed with Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer 2 years ago. Been on multiple courses of chemo, clinical trial and had left radical mastectomy 2 months ago (NO RECONSTRUCTION). 5 weeks into a 6 week course of radiation and physical therapy. Still on herceptin.
Can anyone recommend a good prosthetic bra or breast prosthesis? I'm kinda lost here and have not approached my medical or surgical oncologist yet about this issue. There is a lot on the web, but I find it… read more
Ahhhh....thank you all for the GREAT tips. Following up on all of them this week!
I highly suggest if your hospital or cancer center has a boutique or salon to go there. I have the luck of working at Emory University and had my mastectomy at Emory University Hospital. Winship Cancer Center has a boutique called Radiance where they fit you for wigs, prostheses, pressure garments and even have head wraps. By law insurance is supposed to cover a certain number of bras and prostheses per year so you might want to check your insurance. They might have chosen to cover more than the minimum but I think the minimum is 4 bras. And it depends on the kind of prosthesis. Your surgeon will probably need to write you a Rx. I would have been completely lost trying to find bras and prostheses on the Internet. I have ordered a couple of bras at a cheaper price since I had gotten the maximum. If you go to a salon/boutique, they know what they are doing and can really help you out. There is another boutique near the hospital not associated with it that from what I hear is good also. Good luck!!!
I got prosthesis at a presteza shop and then I get my bras at Walmart they have little pockets in them and you can slide them right down then there and they have shaped like fake breasts inside of the bra itself I can come in and out to be washed and I put it right over top of the prosthesis so you can't really see anything
my Dr wrote me a RX for one and they have places that you go get sized and they show you all kinds of different bra's and idea's. I had to make an appointment to be seen so I go next week. See if your Dr can write you an Rx as the insurance is taking care of mine. Hopefully most of it anyway.
Best of Luck!!!