Preventative Mastectomy
Hello everyone not sure if there is a group for this yet. I am considering preventative Mastectomy. Would be great if anyone here has had this done just for a friendly chat..Hope its ok to start a new...
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Similar to the other women, I had one breast that was confirmed as corrupt so I decided the other could not be trusted. Back in 2006 I had to interview 4 surgeons before I found one who would remove both. The local yokels here wouldn't hear of it so I had to travel to Melbourne.
It turned out to be a good decision as the '''healthy" breast most certainly was not. Luckily attitudes have changed a bit since then.
I would suggest you see a counselor of some sort and have a talk about this. It is likely that any reputable surgeon would want to know you have given the matter a great deal of thought and would probably want you to do that anyway, so you can both get ahead of the game a little as well as mentally prepping yourself for a very difficult decision. Take hubby with you for at least one session, all this affects him too--even though it is your body and it is absolutely your right to do as you please with it. Mxx
It turned out to be a good decision as the '''healthy" breast most certainly was not. Luckily attitudes have changed a bit since then.
I would suggest you see a counselor of some sort and have a talk about this. It is likely that any reputable surgeon would want to know you have given the matter a great deal of thought and would probably want you to do that anyway, so you can both get ahead of the game a little as well as mentally prepping yourself for a very difficult decision. Take hubby with you for at least one session, all this affects him too--even though it is your body and it is absolutely your right to do as you please with it. Mxx