The ballroom dancer underwent a full mastectomy earlier this month.
and announced earlier this month that she had an operation to remove two tumours and her right breast.Speaking in a video shared on her Instagram Story, Amy opened up about her three-hour surgery, including details of her unexpected reconstruction.
Addressing her 414,000 followers, she shared: “I had a full mastectomy so all of the breast tissue has gone, and I had no choice because I think you can only have a lump if there’s a clear margin sweep, but unfortunately, I had more than one tumour. I had no option but to remove the whole breast.” Amy revealed that doctors told her it would be likely that she would have to have an expander fitted., tissue expanders are like a breast implants but have a valve that may be used to fill it with sterile water.They are used to increase the amount of tissue doctors have to work with when they’re recreating or implanting a breast.
She continued: “I was told that [having an expander fitted] would probably be the case because they wouldn’t be able to stretch the skin as it’s obviously really thin, but they said if they could, they would put the implant in.
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