I was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in February 2022. I went through chemotherapy which made me very ill. I had to have 15 blood transfusions. I had mastectomy in October and radiotherapy in December. This week I had my first appointment with the plastic surgeon. He made me feel worthless. My BMI is just under 40 and I am no way disillusioned that I need to lose weight and am ready to do so as I was told during cancer treatment not to try to Lise weight. This plastic surgeon didn't even examine me and said he would not consider to put me on the waiting list until I weighed 100 lbs or less. This would put bordering healthy and unhealthy on the BMI chart. He did not examine me or even know what type of breast cancer I had. He said he would write to GP. I was a 38G so my body is starting to make me lopsided and I asked him what could be done and he said pointing at me you choose to have radiotherapy so that rules out implants. He said if I could get a mastectomy that would rule me out for any plastic surgery. I left in Florida of tears not knowing how I am going to be able to cope with the weight on one side.
