{"id":18050,"date":"2023-04-28T14:57:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T14:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/loris-confidence-boost\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T14:57:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T14:57:55","slug":"loris-confidence-boost","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/loris-confidence-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"A cirurgia pl\u00e1stica deu confian\u00e7a a Lori McKenna ap\u00f3s um diagn\u00f3stico de cancro da mama"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Eu sabia que estava a vir na minha dire\u00e7\u00e3o\", diz ela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As suas duas irm\u00e3s tinham sido diagnosticadas pouco antes dela e as tr\u00eas mulheres foram submetidas a quimioterapia ao mesmo tempo. Mas, depois de ter sido submetida a uma lumpectomia e a radioterapia, Lori ficou \"zangada\" com os seus seios quando uma forma diferente de cancro da mama apareceu em 2007. Concordou prontamente com uma mastectomia dupla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O meu oncologista disse: 'Lori, s\u00e3o os teus seios ou a tua vida'\", recorda Lori. \"Estes seios definem-nos como mulheres? N\u00e3o. E eles fazem um trabalho maravilhoso com a reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o. Est\u00e1 cada vez melhor a cada ano que passa\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dra. Maureen Chung<\/a>atualmente Diretor M\u00e9dico de Programa de cuidados com a mama da Southcoast Health<\/a>O Dr. Kramer, da Universidade de Coimbra, removeu os seios da Lori. Na mesma sess\u00e3o cir\u00fargica, Dra. Caroline Plamondon<\/a> colocou expansores de tecido para criar espa\u00e7o para os implantes mam\u00e1rios. Tr\u00eas meses mais tarde, o Dr. Plamondon efectuou uma segunda cirurgia para substituir os expansores por implantes de silicone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\u00c9 importante para mim sentir-me bem com as minhas roupas\", diz Lori. \"E eu sinto-me \u00f3ptima. Fico bem num fato de banho.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residente em Cumberland, RI, Lori procurou o Dr. Plamondon para uma cirurgia destinada a corrigir problemas causados pela radia\u00e7\u00e3o na sua mama direita, que exigiu um total de tr\u00eas cirurgias de seguimento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A Dra. Plamondon \u00e9 como a minha melhor amiga\", diz ela. \"Segui-la-ia at\u00e9 \u00e0 Calif\u00f3rnia. Confio nela.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O Dr. Plamondon, que exerce na Cirurgia pl\u00e1stica da Southcoast Health<\/a> em Dartmouth, tamb\u00e9m realizou a reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o mam\u00e1ria na filha de Lori, que foi submetida a uma mastectomia dupla depois de lhe ter sido diagnosticado cancro da mama h\u00e1 seis anos, aos 35 anos. Lori diz que ganha a confian\u00e7a das suas pacientes ao falar com elas para conhecer os seus objectivos e preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es e ao ser honesta sobre o que a cirurgia pode conseguir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aos 64 anos, Lori vive de acordo com as li\u00e7\u00f5es que diz que as suas experi\u00eancias lhe ensinaram: amar muito, manter a paz, perdoar e livrar a sua vida da negatividade. Faz exerc\u00edcio no gin\u00e1sio todas as manh\u00e3s, \u00e0s 5h30, antes de ir para o seu emprego num consult\u00f3rio dent\u00e1rio em Cumberland, onde se formou como assistente de ortodontia e agora trabalha na gest\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A m\u00e3e de tr\u00eas filhos disse que a mastectomia lhe d\u00e1 paz de esp\u00edrito e a reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o mam\u00e1ria d\u00e1-lhe confian\u00e7a. No in\u00edcio, receava que o seu marido, Tom, n\u00e3o apoiasse as suas decis\u00f5es, mas ele tem sido o seu defensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Por vezes, o Dr. Plamondon pede a Lori para falar com mulheres que enfrentam o mesmo diagn\u00f3stico e ela diz-lhes para n\u00e3o terem medo. Ela sabe que, com o seu historial familiar, o cancro pode um dia aparecer noutra parte do seu corpo. A sua irm\u00e3 mais velha sucumbiu a um cancro da mama em 2006. Mas Lori recusa-se a preocupar-se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Acho que sou muito jovem de cora\u00e7\u00e3o\", diz ela. \"Quero sentir-me assim e sinto-me. Cada dia \u00e9 uma d\u00e1diva\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o Southcoast Health's Breast Center, visite Centro abrangente de cuidados da mama RI e MA | Southcoast Health<\/a><\/em>. Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre os nossos cirurgi\u00f5es pl\u00e1sticos e os servi\u00e7os que prestam, visite Cirurgia Pl\u00e1stica | Southcoast Health<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4511,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18050","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPlastic Surgery Gave Lori McKenna Confidence Following a Breast Cancer Diagnosis - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following Lori's cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy, plastic surgeon Dr. Plamondon helped boost her confidence.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/loris-confidence-boost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plastic Surgery Gave Lori McKenna Confidence Following a Breast Cancer Diagnosis - 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