Hello

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis but welcome to the website, it's so helpful and understanding. I was diagnosed Sept 2013 with two tumours, 15mm and 8mm early breast cancer. I went to the surgeon wanting a mastectomy to get rid of the whole thing. He told me a lumpectomy was possible as the 2 tumours were in the same quandrant of the one breast but it was my choice. He described it as my breast being a cake and he was going to remove a slice and join up the rest so it wouldn't be perfectly round but as I am a large breasted woman it would not be noticable. He was worried I would be very lopsided with one breast. I sat in the room looking from the surgeon to my partner and back again for what seemed an awfully long time trying to decide. In the end I put my faith in the surgeon and had a lumpectomy. It's such a hard decision but I had all the facts and went with it. It's all we can do really. Gather all the information and make informed decisions.The surgeon did everything he promised and managed to get clear margins and my sentinel node was negative, I know it doesn't always go that way, if they don't get clear margins they need to operate again, sometimes the choice is taken away from us. I am now 8 months post chemo (bad family history) and 6 months post radiation and back at work feeling really good. I am on a hormone tablet for 5 years. It is impossible to tell where he operated, the scar is at the bottom of my breast. My scans are all clear and If I do have trouble down the track, I believe it will be a whole new cancer. I won't regret my decision because it was the best thing to do at that time. I hope I have helped in some small way, As Natasha said, there are no guarantees unfortunately, the medical teams do the best they can with the knowledge they learn over many years and many patients. Survival rates are high these days, I'm sure you will see your little girl grow up. Once you have your treatment plan you will feel a lot better, wishing you all the best, stay in touch, big cyber hugs to you, 

Hazel xx