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Discussion about surgery with Surgeon
Hi all, I have been diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and I have my first meeting with the surgeon on Thursday. I know to expect surgery soon but dont know if this will be lumpectomy or mastec...
Hi RSVP sorry to welcome you to this group. I am a couple of weeks ahead of you also. I have invasive breast cancer, two nodules which were removed by lumpectomy 8 days ago. I also had sentinel lymph nodes removed. I wasn't given the choice as such, but was guided by the surgeon and they pursued the least invasive treatment based on my presentation. I'm also in Qld :)
We are waiting on margins, there is a lab delay in the reporting. Otherwise it's confirmed as grade 1, no lymph node involvement. If there's good margins, it will be on to radiotherapy, if not, then more surgery next week. My surgeon then talked about the possibility of mastectomy with reconstruction as further tissue removal will leave me looking quite asymmetrical. That's my current hurdle, and like you, I like to consider all my options and see how I feel about them. Currently thinking further volume removal without mastectomy, as I am a B cup and don't really want the extra procedures of reconstruction and don't really mind if I'm unbalanced 🙂 I'm going for least invasive.
All the best on this journey 💜