Hello Inspector146,

I just wanted to welcome you to Cancer Chat. I hope you will hear from others here who have had a DIEP or dermal sling operation. DIEP breast reconstruction has been discussed on our forum recently as for example in [@judewales]‍ 's thread here. If you do a search on our forum for DIEP for example, you will be able to find all the relevant past threads on the subject and respond to any you find might be useful to you.

We also have some information on our website on the mastectomy which you can read here. You can also find out more about the different types of breast reconstruction here.

I hope you will soon hear from individual experiences of both operations so that you can make an informed decision on what would be best for you.

If you want to talk things through with someone, our specialist nurses are also available on this free number 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

Best wishes,

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator