Anyone else 'double trouble'?
Hi there lovely BCN! After the whirlwind of diagnosis, lumpectomies and reexcision over the last 6 weeks. It's only really now that I'm understanding how unusual synchronous bilateral BC (IDC) is - a...
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Thanks @LMK74, just scrolling through when I saw this.
Hi @water_nymph, I was diagnosed with BC in April this year. I found a lump in my right breast and when doing the ultrasound, they found a matching one on the left side. Biopsy confirmed that both were indeed cancer.
I've just finished 5 months chemo and will be having a double mastectomy with right side aux clearance and left side sentinel node biopsy.
It has changed my surgery options as I had no idea that this was as rare as it is until my surgeon kept saying she would be very concerned if I did anything less than double mastectomy despite having a great response to the chemo. Hence I'm now having more surgery. It's more than I would like to have but also given my age (29), it seems the best option to minimise recurrence.
I will also have to have genetic testing due to the rarity factor. That will happen after surgery.
Have your doctors suggested this will have an impact on your treatment options? Cheers, Jen.
Hi @water_nymph, I was diagnosed with BC in April this year. I found a lump in my right breast and when doing the ultrasound, they found a matching one on the left side. Biopsy confirmed that both were indeed cancer.
I've just finished 5 months chemo and will be having a double mastectomy with right side aux clearance and left side sentinel node biopsy.
It has changed my surgery options as I had no idea that this was as rare as it is until my surgeon kept saying she would be very concerned if I did anything less than double mastectomy despite having a great response to the chemo. Hence I'm now having more surgery. It's more than I would like to have but also given my age (29), it seems the best option to minimise recurrence.
I will also have to have genetic testing due to the rarity factor. That will happen after surgery.
Have your doctors suggested this will have an impact on your treatment options? Cheers, Jen.