1 - Common Reconstructive Procedures

2 - Immediate Breast Reconstruction

3 - Delayed Breast Reconstruction

THE RECONSTRUCTIVE PROCESS

4 - Submuscular Permanent Implant

5 - Tissue Expansion

6 - Tissue Transfer

7 - The Opposite Breast

8 - Nipple and Areola Reconstruction

9 - Questions for you and your surgeon

"We all have dreams and desires that should be allowed to grow and flourish. Having optimism and faith benefits those who undergo treatment for breast cancer but also enriches the lives of all that are touched."

Breast Cancer Awareness

The month of October denotes Breast Cancer Awareness but we should be vigilant throughout the year. Although the major incidence of breast cancer is found in women, there are also a significant number of males who are afflicted with this life-altering problem. We have made enormous strides in the detection and treatment of breast cancer but have yet to offer freedom from this physical and emotional malady.

Self-examination, followed by routine physician evaluation and mammography allow timely recognition, treatment and cure. Your active participation in your own health care is of paramount importance. Therapies have become more effective and easier to tolerate. Deforming surgeries, performed many years ago, have been replaced by simpler yet effective modalities for removing the cancer cells. And for those women who choose a mastectomy there are a host of reconstructive procedures available to reshape this very vital area of the body.

Hope is the common thread that weaves us together, as we fight against and treat breast cancer. The Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center, whose symbol is the rose of hope, at Bridgeport Hospital and in Fairfield, is an organization dedicated to quality of life.

It may be ironic to celebrate this month with the enthusiasm normally given to a holiday, but the progress that has been made and will continue to be made in the detection and cure of breast cancer not only gives us all hope for the future, but tears of joy for those women and men who will be able to live normal, productive lives. Wishing health and happiness for the years ahead!

Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, M.D.

• Breast Cancer: "We'll Get Through It Together"
   
• Special Care for Cancer Patients
   
• Right in Our Own Back Yard
   
• The Husband's Point of View
   
  Also Of Interest:
   

• Ask the Nurse: Are Yearly Mammograms a Good Idea?
   

• Fairfield Magazine: The artwork of Bridgeport Hospital Chief of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Jeffrey Rosenthal, MD, benefits the Norma F. Pfriem Breast Cancer Center

The Chance to Dream

Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, M.D.
Plastic Surgeon, Artist, Writer
cordially invites you to
The Chance to Dream
An Exhibit of Dr. Rosenthal’s Art
Paintings Photography Poetry Drawings
Sculpture Copper & Ceramic Fabrications
Benefiting
The Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center
Thursday, August 15, 2002
6 – 9 p.m.
Thomas J. Walsh Gallery in
The Regina A. Quick Center
at Fairfield University
Hors d’oeuvres Wine Music
Stimulate your taste for art and music.
Soothe your spirit with your support.
$75 per person
RSVP (203) 335-FACE (3223)
  

 
Dr. Rosenthal believes in the joy of creating. See the brochure  from The Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center Benefit with pictures of his fine work.
 

Dear friends,
Why, you may ask, host a fundraiser for a breast care center?
The dreaded threat of breast cancer does not discriminate. It is
ubiquitous among half of our society.
My family’s personal experience has enlightened me to a place of
hope, loving kindness and selfless giving—The Norma F. Pfriem
Breast Care Center in Fairfield.
A place that enables women in need to dream of a future.
The art exhibit is not so much about my work, but about the
limitless possibilities that await us to create, to soar and to dream.
On August 15, please join us for a celebration of life, for the
creativity that lightens our hearts, and for The Chance to Dream.
Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, M.D.