Hi @Christabell_123
I “ went the double” after a lot of consideration.
I had lobular cancer which is slightly more likely to appear in the other breast ( my breast cancer surgeon gave me stats of 10 percent).
He said to me “ are you the sort of person who pays an extra insurance premium to have no excess when you rent a car?”
The answer was yes! I am very risk averse.
He was totally supportive of my eventual decision which was mainly done to avoid the anxiety of have to go through the whole shitfest again.
I discussed it with my GP,breast care nurse and some others who had also had double mastectomy.
I also looked at discussions on here.
It is an intensely personal decision and the contrary view - why remove a perfectly healthy breast ? Is perfectly legitimate.
All the best with whatever you decide.
