Hi @irisg
Hi there, sorry you find yourself in this situation , especially at this time of year when everyone is supposed to be “ festive”☹️
I had a lobular cancer tumour (5.5cm) in left breast only.
I opted for a skin sparing mastectomy with insertion of tissue expander as I was likely to have radiotherapy ( which I ended up having).
I had the DIEP reconstruction , had to wait 6 months after radiotherapy completed.
In that time I decided to have a prophylactic mastectomy if the other breast and had both breasts reconstructed at same time.
M breast cancer surgeon was fully supportive of my choices.
Its a lot to process and I was helped by my breast care nurse ( do you have one? If not you could look up your closest McGrath Breast Care Nurse) , GP, this forum ( including the private “Choosing Breast Reconstruction” group and I was also able to talk to a friend of a friend who had recently had the double mastectomy / delayed DIEP reconstruction.
Many ladies also have implants or go flat .
I tool my husband to all my early medical appointments as I was still in shock and not really taking everything in - that was the best advice my GP gave me.
Take care and you can post anything on here - although everyone’s breast cancer experience is different , there are a lot of commonalities and we get it in a way that people who have not “been there” never will .
