Single or double mastectomy.?
Hi everyone, Thanks for adding me in here , I am recently diagnosed with DCIS on my right breast ( extensive, intermediate grade ) . My surgery date is on 18th Nov . I feel overwhelmed with everyt...
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Dear @August_tran21
It’s always so difficult making a decision when you feel as if someone just hit you over the head with a piece of two by four!
Have you any family history of breast cancer? And has there been any sentinel node biopsy? The main issue is whether you are at greater risk of breast cancer again or whether, like me, your so far unaffected breast may be no greater threat for cancer again than other parts of your body! I had a single mastectomy and lost 17 lymph nodes (only one was positive, but a whole lot looked suss!). Nine years on, so far so good. I had no
family history of cancer, of any kind.
I found a single mastectomy a quick recovery as I did not have reconstruction, which is possible at a later date although I have decided against. More surgery, more reconstruction obviously adds to the recovery time. Others on this site may be very helpful in how you may be able to access financial support if you go bilateral.
A list of questions to ask your surgeon may be useful at this juncture. Best wishes.
It’s always so difficult making a decision when you feel as if someone just hit you over the head with a piece of two by four!
Have you any family history of breast cancer? And has there been any sentinel node biopsy? The main issue is whether you are at greater risk of breast cancer again or whether, like me, your so far unaffected breast may be no greater threat for cancer again than other parts of your body! I had a single mastectomy and lost 17 lymph nodes (only one was positive, but a whole lot looked suss!). Nine years on, so far so good. I had no
family history of cancer, of any kind.
I found a single mastectomy a quick recovery as I did not have reconstruction, which is possible at a later date although I have decided against. More surgery, more reconstruction obviously adds to the recovery time. Others on this site may be very helpful in how you may be able to access financial support if you go bilateral.
A list of questions to ask your surgeon may be useful at this juncture. Best wishes.