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I am booked for surgery on 31st for a lumpectomy + and have had calls from my two sisters who are nurses telling me I should be having a mastectomy instead. My surgeon went over everything carefully...
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Hi. I haven't had a lumpectomy but just wanted to say that this is your decision not your sisters. If the surgeon thought you needed a mastectomy they would have told you so. I doubt that they would have suggested a lumpectomy in the first place if it wasn't appropriate.
I'm sure your sisters just want to be supportive but that doesn't mean they are right even if they are nurses.
Discuss again with your surgeon and make YOUR decision.
Good luck x