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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Hi @Belgrave14
Both off for me too. That was back in 2006 and I had to interview 4 surgeons before I found one who'd do them both at once. It was not a 'thing' in regional Victoria at the time (too stressful, apparently) so I had to go to Melbourne. I had immediate implant reconstructions since they were offered--if I'd been able to get the surgery I'd wanted up here, I'd probably not have bothered with the retreads but once they were on the table, so to speak, I thought it would be a good idea. I was 43..
As it turned out, the 'good' boob was also corrupt so I'm glad I did it. Even if it hadn't have been evil, I still didn't want it there--my breasts were no longer my friends. Weirdly, I felt that one lonely tit sitting on my chest would be so sad i couldn't contemplate it.
Everyone's relationship with their breasts is different. I had chemo before mastectomy and by the time my surgery arrived I thought of them as toxic lumps of fat and have never regretted getting rid of them.
It's a big decision. Follow your gut. Mxx
Both off for me too. That was back in 2006 and I had to interview 4 surgeons before I found one who'd do them both at once. It was not a 'thing' in regional Victoria at the time (too stressful, apparently) so I had to go to Melbourne. I had immediate implant reconstructions since they were offered--if I'd been able to get the surgery I'd wanted up here, I'd probably not have bothered with the retreads but once they were on the table, so to speak, I thought it would be a good idea. I was 43..
As it turned out, the 'good' boob was also corrupt so I'm glad I did it. Even if it hadn't have been evil, I still didn't want it there--my breasts were no longer my friends. Weirdly, I felt that one lonely tit sitting on my chest would be so sad i couldn't contemplate it.
Everyone's relationship with their breasts is different. I had chemo before mastectomy and by the time my surgery arrived I thought of them as toxic lumps of fat and have never regretted getting rid of them.
It's a big decision. Follow your gut. Mxx