Everything went well. Doc was able to get all the tissue out via lipo and extraction. So no nipple incision and no drains were necessary. No stitches even. Chest is sore but things are flat as a board now as the doc said. Hardly any bruising the compression vest is pretty tight with extra foam padding. Feels like I have someone sitting on my chest after the most hardcore chest workout ever.
Not complaining, looking forward to life moving forward and HRT. Thanks for the well wishes
Everything went well. Doc was able to get all the tissue out via lipo and extraction. So no nipple incision and no drains were necessary. No stitches even. Chest is sore but things are flat as a board now as the doc said. Hardly any bruising the compression vest is pretty tight with extra foam padding. Feels like I have someone sitting on my chest after the most hardcore chest workout ever.
Not complaining, looking forward to life moving forward and HRT. Thanks for the well wishes
Iv thought about having the gland removed but didn’t want to get an incision on my nipple. Did they go through your armpit?
And my insurance covered it. Falls under the breast cancer act of 1998.
I was told by my endocrinologist that it is covered by insurance as long as it is 'coded a a non-cosmetic procedure, such as a breast mass'.
I think if the patient complains of pain and discomfort from the mass then that would qualify for non-cosmetic. There needs to be some reason to remove it other than it looks bad.
that's something I have never heard before. You were told that was the reason insurance paid for it? I got the impression most insurance considered it cosmetic insurance unless it was a medical problem. Medical problem being that you have cancer in there. You didn't have cancer though?
If your surgeon sends off gyno samples to get tested for cancer(which mine did) its covered. The breast cancer act of 1998 doesn't only apply to women, but also for men.
And no, I didn't have cancer, my samples were benign. But I did complain of pain and discomfort too. Which also helps. And as one of the above posters said, my surgeon considered it
'breast mass', which I assume also helps with the insurance covering it.