My first post and so confused...
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Hi All,
This is my first post...I'm so confused and I have so many issues that need to be addressed.
I am a 39 year old healthy mother of 2 and I have invasive ductal carcinoma stage 2. I've just had a lumpectomy last week, negative lymph nodes but the margin wasn't clear. We have booked in again to have another go at it.
My husband is now of the opinion that I should undergo a mastectomy rather than have a second lumpectomy. He's quite adamant. I'm emotionally unprepared to have the whole thing off.
My breast surgeon doesn't think a mastectomy is necessary because she thinks she can get it all but cannot guarantee it.
Has anyone here had that issue where they've had to reopen a third time?
Not to mention the costs. She can only guarantee she'll do it if we pay for her private services. Where in the public system she said she isn't guaranteed to be the one to do it. So we are extremely out of pocket at the moment because of various issues with our private health fund who won't cover.
This is my first post...I'm so confused and I have so many issues that need to be addressed.
I am a 39 year old healthy mother of 2 and I have invasive ductal carcinoma stage 2. I've just had a lumpectomy last week, negative lymph nodes but the margin wasn't clear. We have booked in again to have another go at it.
My husband is now of the opinion that I should undergo a mastectomy rather than have a second lumpectomy. He's quite adamant. I'm emotionally unprepared to have the whole thing off.
My breast surgeon doesn't think a mastectomy is necessary because she thinks she can get it all but cannot guarantee it.
Has anyone here had that issue where they've had to reopen a third time?
Not to mention the costs. She can only guarantee she'll do it if we pay for her private services. Where in the public system she said she isn't guaranteed to be the one to do it. So we are extremely out of pocket at the moment because of various issues with our private health fund who won't cover.