Monica Hall, MD

I interviewed several PS in Lexington and Louisville and Dr. Hall immediately stood out to me as someone who really understood what I wanted and as a highly skilled surgeon. In short, I *trusted* her right away, and with good reason. My surgery went AMAZING and her after care is the best. I had a TT, BL, and small amount of lipo on inner thighs.

Dr. Hall and everyone in her office were a God send to me. They were with me from my breast cancer diagnoses thru the reconstruction process and believe me when i say i was one angry patient. Every breast cancer patient needs a Dr. Hall in thier life. I will forever be in her debt. Juanita Colon RN

On the 26th of October I had my breast reduction. I'm a week post op as of today and everything had went smoothly so far (knock on wood). I have my second post op tomorrow. So far I would described the experience as uncomfortable but I have not had a pain pill since Saturday. So it's been very tolerabe. My doctor Dr. Monica Hall @ Sonata plastic surgery is fantastic. I was seeing another Dr but he decided to stop taking insurance after he had gotten me approved. So she took me on as a patient and got me approved and scheduled less than 5 weeks from my consultation. So that is awesome. I would highly recommend her. Hopefully my opinion will stay this high since I'm only 1 week post-op.

With diagnosis of DCIS in right breast caught very early, opted to remove right breast with complete mastectomy with immediate reconstruction with expander and save healthy left breast. I have had no previous worries wirh my breasts or any family history of breast cancer. My personality is to get it done quickly and get it over with, which I did, had surgery within 2 months of diagnosis. Recovery time now is a week and a half. Also met with oncologist after surgery.due to pathologist finding a small, less than 1 cm, invasive tumor, possibly going to have hormone therapy upon genetic testing of the tumor outlook is very positive though this has been scary and due to the professionalism and expertise of all the doctors I've been involved I'm very hopeful for the future!! Updated on 11 Jul 2015: I am amazed at almost 3 weeks out from my right breast mastectomy and reconstruction how good my breast looks! So pleased with my plastic surgeon Dr. Monica Hall of Sonata Plastic Surgery here in Lexington Kentucky. She has done a beautiful job my nipple has turned pink again my breast basically looks like it did before just a little bit flattened one single incision above my nipple. The only complaint I have is the fatigue I'm still having I am very active and used to getting up and moving every day and I really do still find myself having to take naps quite often and my sleeping at night is not the best. I have just learn to relax and listen to my body. Looking forward to the final reconstruction of my right breast and the list of my left breast which I decided to keep since it had no cancer. Curious about others experiences with fatigue and those of you who kept your one breast if it turned out looking basically the same as the one that you had removed. I have confidence in my plastic surgeon that they will both look great

Where to begin? I've always wanted a ba. Ever since i was 18 and felt unproportional. I'm 5'10" and normally with around 140. VS says I wear a 36C but after 3 kids i think it's a pretty deflated C. I put any thought of a ba on the back burner telling myself or would be a gift to myself for my 35th bday. Well, 5 weeks after delivering my 3rd soon and having a tubal i deceleration a umbilical hernia. It was pretty painful at first and very ugly. When i went to the general surgeon she suggested fixing it right away but said that my muscle separation could cause problems later down the road. How do you fix that? Abdominoplasty. A tummy tuck? I'm not so sure about that. I agreed that i would like to meet with a ps just to see what she had to say, i meant i wasn't even 3 months pp. The ps was so nice and personable. The wanted to get me in for a full tt with hernia repair on Dec. 31st. I had to take out a loan from my retirement and didn't get the money in time so it was pushed back to Feb. 11th. Well, when the gs called with the post op hernia restrictions i knew i was going to have to wait until my lo was at least walking. Less then 8lbs for 6 weeks just isn't doable. So, i scheduled for the end of the year when lo will be almost 15 months old. And i decided that since I'm going under the knife i might as well save up the rest of the year and do my bday present early. I have a consult in March to discuss the specifics and I'm scared and excited all at the same time. I'm happy I'll have a whole year to get back to my pre pregnancy weight but I normally lift heavy 4 days a week and I'm not going to be able to do that with a hernia. I've also been dealing with some pp depression and i think some of it has to do with situational stuff,like the hernia so I'm hoping taking a low dose of zoloft for a while will help and I can wean off between now and sx time. I'm scared of it too bci haven't even picked it up from the pharmacy yet. So i have a while year to get in the best shape of my life and then transform into a sexy beast. I know I'm going to deal with feelings of guilt between now and then bc it's a lot of money that could be spent elsewhere but i know it's something I've always wanted and if i have to repair the hernia i might as well do the other and be happy with the results. I work really hard to stay in shape and it would be nice to see that hard work pay off. Going to try to post some pics so that i can remind myself why I'm doing this.