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Newly Diagnosis
Found out last friday i was dignosised with breast cancer im only in my early 40's it has been a very hard to deal with.
@decisions I went with what the surgeon recommended which was a lumpectomy (and he did a beautiful job). Unfortunately the tumour was nearly twice the size expected and he was not able to get clear margins so I had to go back for a mastectomy. There was also node involvement, which again was unexpected, so I had to have an axillary dissection. If you haven't already made your decision, listen to what the surgeon recommends and then decide, based on your own knowledge of your circumstances, what you can live with.