If You've Had Breast Reconstructive Surgery, Please Take This Short Survey

Correction: I posted this post a day or two ago saying that only Dr. Salzberg's patients are invited to take this survey. I was mistaken — ALL women who've had reconstructive breast surgery, regardless of who their surgeon was, are invited to take the survey. Please do!

Here's a message for all patients who've had breast reconstruction from Dr. Salzberg's colleague Dr. Elizabeth Chabner Thompson, MD, MPH:

Many women have expressed frustration with the post-surgical garments and bras available to women after breast surgery. I have set out to manufacture better bras for women after mastectomy and for women undergoing lumpectomy and radiation. Please take a few minutes to answer this survey so that I can take the first steps to address the present (and ever changing) needs of our patients.

To take the survey, please click on: www.surveymonkey.com/s/QKTBYBJ

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Chabner Thompson, MD, MPH

NY Group for Plastic Surgery

21st Century Radiation Oncology

A message to my blog readers from Rebecca Kerimbaev:

I have filled in this very short survey myself, and it will literally take only a couple of minutes of your time. Dr. Thompson was a good support for me immediately after my prophylactic mastectomy reconstruction with Dr. Salzberg at the NY Group for Plastic Surgery. Not only did she provide post-surgical support for me, she also was the doctor there who personally helped me select my proper implant size and spent so much time answering my pre-surgical questions. She cares about women's well-being and comfort following surgery and wants to help improve the bane of our collective post-surgical existence: post-surgical bras. Please return her support by filling out this survey whether or not you were a patient of Dr. Salzberg. Any and all women who've ever had reconstructive breast surgery are invited to complete the survey.