Newly diagnosed - double mastectomy

Hi @Poodle_Lady55, sorry to hear you’ve had the goal posts moved on you a few times.It must be hard to get your head around it all. The recovery from a mastectomy is not that much different from a lumpectomy- it’s more the psychological side of it.For what it’s worth,I think you are probably doing the right thing- not that there’s ever any right or wrong decision in this crappy bc journey! If having both breasts off now means avoiding radiation,chemo,further mammograms and surgery then it’s certainly a consideration. It also means you’d have more options for recon if you go down that track. I had a lumpectomy and radiation and then 7 years later bc came back in the same spot so had a mastectomy and chemo. I’m sick of being lopsided and my recon options are limited so I don’t bother.
This network is a safe place to vent or ask questions.Big hug xx