for lexie, fyi, at 31 when i had breast cancer i was told that the implants were safe. that was in 1974. i didn't have "reconstruction" to make myself look better, i had reconstruction because i had had both breasts removed to save my life. i had breast cancer. a lot of women,of my age, made the decision about reconstruction years ago and now regret it. we didn't have the information back then that is available now. i am speaking about this to inform my sisters what the risks can be. individual decisions are just that, individual.......

i went back to you, lexie, because reconstruction, after cancer, is a decision that is usually not made just to "look better" or to have bigger breasts. it has an awfully lot to do with a person's feeling about their feminity. i know that is why i had reconstruction. at that age, i couldn't imagine going without my breasts for the rest of my life. now, i can imagine it and will probably be that way in no time at all.