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Bon_Bon
9 years agoMember
Double or single mastectomy
Hi All I am about to turn 50, happy birthday me! I have just been diagnosed with breast cancer. They say a lumpectomy with radiation will do, but that is what they said to my sister and it came back...
Glemmis
9 years agoMember
Hi Bon Bon, sorry to hear of your diagnosis but seems like you have a plan. I initially had lumpectomy & was told radiotherapy only but then had to have mastectomy & chemo & will be starting radio next month. I wanted a bilateral mastectomy at the time but surgeon was reluctant so I will be having the good breast off in July & reconstruction of both. I was told it slight reduces your risk but it is really for my own reassurance. Good luck with your decision, it is a tough one!