Hey everyone. Update for you
The clinic lost my file somehow and took almost 2 months from when the referral to the surgeon was sent and when i actually saw her. She apologised and was excellent. Didnt make excuses and said she was making sure it was being investigated as to how a file went missing. Even she said, i should have been seen weeks ago. My appointment to see her was on the 23rd January, which was also my 38th birthday, lol.
I was fully prepared to fight her on what i wanted, which was a double mastectomy with implants. She then said to me "because of the tumours, where they are, how big they are, etc, i have no other option but to do a mastectomy on your left breast"....my response "can you do both" and she agreed with implants. Sadly the nipple and areola cant be spared in the left so she is gonna take the right as well so they look identical. I am booked in for the surgery and she is going to do the implants at the same time as well as a lymph node clearance on the 27th February. The surgery is 4 hours. I will be in hospital for 5 days and then bed rest for 6 weeks. Ive had a few people who have had mastectomies, question why the long bed rest but then i realised they didnt get the implants. The 6 weeks is to make sure everything settles and my body doesnt reject the implants or i get an infection. Precationary measure on behalf of my surgeon.
2 - 3 months after the surgery i will do chemo then radiation but my surgery said by my 39th birthday i should be in remission, barring any complications. Finally my path is laid out and i know whats coming. Woot woot!!!
