Restore Recovery is a companion app for the first days after autologous breast reconstruction — guiding you from surgery day, through each day on the ward, all the way home. Clear goals, gentle encouragement, and every milestone celebrated.
Breast reconstruction after cancer is a milestone of hope and healing. We believe every patient deserves to know exactly what today holds, what tomorrow brings, and how far they have already come.
From surgery day to going home, each ward day has its own goals and a "what to expect" schedule — ward rounds, drain checks, physio visits — so nothing comes as a surprise.
First steps, first meal, drains out, catheter out — the app marks each achievement with genuine encouragement, because these moments deserve celebrating.
Whether your reconstruction uses tissue from the abdomen or thigh, your physiotherapy programme, medication guidance, and recovery advice adapt to match.
Meet the surgeons and specialist nurses caring for you, with their photos and backgrounds — plus clear guidance on exactly when and how to contact the ward.
If you have found this app useful or not useful we would love to hear from you. This is a work in progress and any suggestions for improvement will be looked at and implemented if possible.
A calm, encouraging companion for the ward and beyond — built around the real recovery pathway for autologous breast reconstruction (abdominal and thigh flap procedures).
Restore Recovery doesn't replace your medical team — it strengthens the connection between you and them, giving you the confidence of knowing what's normal, what's next, and when to reach out.
The app is free for patients and private by design: your recovery data stays on your phone. No accounts, no tracking — just support.
Designed around the breast reconstruction pathway at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead — one of the UK's leading centres for microvascular reconstruction.
BM BS · MSc(Merit) & DIC · FRCS(Plast)
Plastic surgeon on the GMC Specialist Register · Microsurgical Fellow, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
James has over ten years of plastic surgery experience, specialising in microsurgery with extensive experience in autologous breast reconstruction. His practice is relentlessly patient-focused: on outcomes, and just as much on the experience of getting there. He holds a Master's in Surgical Innovation from Imperial College London and has published eleven peer-reviewed papers.
Having seen recovery from both sides — as the surgeon performing these operations and as a patient on the ward — James designed and built Restore Recovery himself, around the questions patients actually ask and the moments that genuinely matter.
Restore Recovery is developed in partnership with Restore, a Sussex-based charity supporting people through breast reconstruction after cancer. Together we share one goal: making sure no one faces this journey feeling alone or uninformed.
Learn more about their work at restore-bcr.co.uk.