Breast Reconstruction Patient Letter

Posted on April 10, 2011 at 11:04 pm

Dr. Andrew T. Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Lasky Clinic Beverly Hills
201 S. Lasky Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Dear Dr. Cohen,

I am writing to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for the amazing results and bedside manner you offered my mom, during her breast reconstruction process.

As you know, my mom has battled cancer twice, the second bout with Breast Cancer, which resulted in chemotherapy and a double mastectomy. She battled like a warrior, through it all, with strength and courage. When it came time to get her breast reconstruction done, the first time, by another surgeon, she was excited and grateful to be almost done with the nightmare she had undergone. Unfortunately, her nightmare had actually just begun. The other surgeon did a deplorable job and then refused to fix her work, or accept responsibility for the appalling outcome. After many months of believing she would look disfigured for the rest of her life, my mom was thankfully referred to you.

On our first visit, you were a true gentleman. You were reassuring, knowledgeable and informative. We felt a glimmer of hope again, for the first time in a long time. As the consultation process progressed, you remained kind and honest and it was clear to both my mom and I hat you had given much contemplation to how you would go about correcting the wrong that had been done before you.

The day of the surgery, I sat in the hospital waiting room, on pins and needles, but you made surgery your nurse called me, from the operating room, to reassure me that all was going according to plan and put my mind at ease. Afterward, you came out, once again with your bright smile beaming, to say that the result was one your were very proud of.

When I saw the results for myself, I couldn’t have been more thrilled. My mom’s horror was finally over. Thank you, Dr. Cohen. You are an amazing surgeon, and incredibly empathetic human being and a true class act. It has been my pleasure and honor to have met you and to have had my mom’s care in your capable hands.

With sincere gratitude,

E. L.

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