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Well it has been a long time since I was on this site, I did come on & read a lot, which helped me a lot. I made it through Chemo, had some time spent in Hospital, as the veins in my arm cou...
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Hi Viv, my story is so like yours. My mammograms, I had 2 of them 3 months apart, were clear, but an ultrasound picked up what they thought was a harmless cyst. The pathology showed cancer and it was supposedly 4mm in size. I had a lumpectomy and was going to have radiotherapy. The tumour pathology following the surgery showed a 21mm grade 3 invasive ductal cancer. More surgery was recommended, and with some thought and research, I decided to have a mastectomy instead, and also 10 more nodes removed. These were clear, but I still needed chemo. After chemo I decided to have the second breast off, as I was sure I would have trouble believing a mammogram again. This is now all completed with reconstruction, and I am very happy with my decision. Remember, this is your body and you get to
choose what happens to it. My surgeon always said that he would happily remove the other breast if I wanted,
and so he did. I went as a private patient. All the best, love Chris xx