Single or double mastectomy
Since being diagnosed with Stage 3 Inflammatory Breast Cancer in March I have been pretty clear that I want “a double mastectomy, no reconstruction and fab tattoos”. My breast surgeon is actually the ...
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I had both off, even though there was no cancer in it. I had a bad family history, the mammograms I had failed to see two areas of DCIS, one very large, and had already had a lumpectomy & a re-excision for margins because of one of the unseen areas of grade 3 DCIS. I'm raising my sister's young kids after she died from BC, so a BMX was on the cards from the start, my diagnosis appointment. My BS was very sensitive to this.
It still took a lot thinking, questions and self-examination to make the decision to do it. But ultimately I trusted my gut. It seemed like the right thing to do and afterwards, when it was discovered that I had a gene mutation that greatly increased my risk of developing a new cancer, I felt it confirmed that I'd made the right decision. I wish I hadn't had to, but I have no regrets K xox
It still took a lot thinking, questions and self-examination to make the decision to do it. But ultimately I trusted my gut. It seemed like the right thing to do and afterwards, when it was discovered that I had a gene mutation that greatly increased my risk of developing a new cancer, I felt it confirmed that I'd made the right decision. I wish I hadn't had to, but I have no regrets K xox