Medical center surgeons take new approach with breast reconstruction
 

When breast cancer attacked again, Sunny Reicks was unsure if she could go through the recovery process again.

She knew it would be just as hard – if not harder – on her 9-year-old son. This time, he was old enough to understand and ask those gut-wrenching questions no parent wants to answer. She turned to the oncology and plastic surgery teams at The Nebraska Medical Center who controlled and removed the cancer, and used an advanced breast reconstruction technique to create new, natural breasts using tissue from other parts of her body.

Reicks’ journey began in 2005. Just 24 years old, she noticed her left breast felt a little bigger than her right. No big deal, she thought – but better get it checked. Continue reading