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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 kester
I had a lumpectomy at the end last year.
It healed amazingly well & 5 months down the track I feel great.
A little lumpy in places, but no one would ever know.
They try to do lumpectomies over mastectomies if they can.
no, they didn't get clear margins, but said that a mastectomy wouldn't have made a difference because the second tumour was so close to my chest wall. I think we all assume that mastectomy solves all the problems. It wouldn't have made a difference to me.
Chemo wouldn't have helped my particular cancer, so concentrated radiation & just about to start tamoxifen.
The skill, care & resources I have been lucky enough to experience are remarkable. Be guided by the experts who deal with these situations every day .
best of luck
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