Second time around

@Milly21 When I was diagnosed the second time my breast surgeon recommended a mastectomy but when he saw how freaked out I was he said we’d do a lumpectomy and see where we’re at after that. My cancer was small and slow growing and came out of the blue showing up on a routine mammogram.  After a couple of months I started to get anxious about a 3rd recurrence and how I’d cope with that in my 70s. I went to see a plastic surgeon to get options. My right breast was quite a bit smaller than my left after 2 lumpectomies and had a lot of scar tissue from radiation and surgery. The plastic surgeon gave me 3 options for reconstruction and a lot to think about. I went back to my breast surgeon and he did feel it was overkill and suggested we wait 6 months before deciding.  But I wanted it done and once I made the decision I couldn’t wait. The plastic surgeon’s rooms did all the arrangements and when I saw my breast surgeon after the surgery he agreed it was something I needed to do. He then told me that there a
was an area of suspicious tissue in my good breast so it reaffirmed for me I’d  made the right decision.