Mastectomy
I was diagnosed just 16 days ago and the Drs are saying that I need a mastectomy. It just seems so quick. I think I'm cool with it am thinking if they're going to take one they may as well take both s...
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Hi everyone is different that’s the problem☹️
My breast cancer surgeon told me I could go flat with a single mastectomy ( which would have been a big chang as I was E cup) or if I wanted reconstruction I could have an implant or use my own fat from elsewhere on my body .
He referred me to a plastic surgeon for a consult within a week of my first consult with him and I had the mastectomy with insertion of “tissue expander “ to save the space for the later reconstruction.
It all happens to fast and it’s a lot to take in - many ladies just have a single mastectomy not a double and many don’t have reconstruction .
But my understanding is that the Drs are supposed to discuss the possibility of reconstruction before the mastectomy as the way they do it may close off reconstructive options down the track.
Do you have a breast care nurse you can have this discussion with?
The main reason I had a double mastectomy was I didn’t want the anxiety of worrying if it would come to the other breast ( I was given statistics of 10 percent - many would take those odds, I chose not too).
But the position that you shouldn’t touch a perfectly healthy breast when there is no need is a valid one as well.
He referred me to a plastic surgeon for a consult within a week of my first consult with him and I had the mastectomy with insertion of “tissue expander “ to save the space for the later reconstruction.
It all happens to fast and it’s a lot to take in - many ladies just have a single mastectomy not a double and many don’t have reconstruction .
But my understanding is that the Drs are supposed to discuss the possibility of reconstruction before the mastectomy as the way they do it may close off reconstructive options down the track.
Do you have a breast care nurse you can have this discussion with?
The main reason I had a double mastectomy was I didn’t want the anxiety of worrying if it would come to the other breast ( I was given statistics of 10 percent - many would take those odds, I chose not too).
But the position that you shouldn’t touch a perfectly healthy breast when there is no need is a valid one as well.