My journey of B C
Hi everyone, I was formally diagnosed BC with multifocal invasive lobular carcinoma from biopsy 2 days before Christmas in 2016. I had lumpectomy and sentinel nodes biopsy 2 days before New Year. I...
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Hi Butterfly 40, my cancer surgeon is also a breast cosmetic surgeon so was able to give me all the options. I could have had a lumpectomy with radiation or a mastectomy. I am only small breasted so while I had the option of a lumpectomy it wouldn't have been the best choice for me. Without a lot of breast tissue there was the danger of not clearing the margins and there wouldn't have been much of me left!! I had a nipple sparing mastectomy with an immediate silicone implant.
He did an amazing job matching size and shape to my healthy breast so 6 months on I don't think anyone could tell the difference (except for a touch of smurf - 3 fading blue circles from the sentinel node dye :smile: )
We are so lucky to have lots of options for reconstruction - I'm sure you and your surgeon will find what is right for you.
I know what you mean about spending time on the site. It's hard not to check in as we do genuinely care about each other and really want to offer support.
Hope it is nice sunny day where you are and you can enjoy some time in your beautiful garden.
Let us know how you go after seeing the plastic surgeon. Take care, Jane x
He did an amazing job matching size and shape to my healthy breast so 6 months on I don't think anyone could tell the difference (except for a touch of smurf - 3 fading blue circles from the sentinel node dye :smile: )
We are so lucky to have lots of options for reconstruction - I'm sure you and your surgeon will find what is right for you.
I know what you mean about spending time on the site. It's hard not to check in as we do genuinely care about each other and really want to offer support.
Hope it is nice sunny day where you are and you can enjoy some time in your beautiful garden.
Let us know how you go after seeing the plastic surgeon. Take care, Jane x