Third time, and lucky again
Hi all. I was recently diagnosed with a 10mm invasive ductal carcinoma ER+, P+, HER2- on the right side and had a wide local excision with sentinel node biopsy a month ago and I have been so very luc...
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Hi there
I decided on a double mastectomy after a 5.5 cm lobular cancer in my left breast was not discovered on mammogram.
I had dense breasts and apparently lobular cancer has a habit of not showing up on mammograms.
I was quoted a 10 percent chance of getting cancer in the other breast and decided to get them both done and have DIEP flap surgery.
It is a very personal decision.
I don’t regret it and am now 3 months post the DIEP surgery.’
You can ask to join the private group on here “ Choosing Breast Reconstruction” and also check out the website “Reclaim Your Curves”.
It is a shame you can’t take someone with you to the appointment as I took my husband to mine and it was good as I didn’t take everything in.Maybe you can ask if you can record it? at the very least you should take a list of questions and tick them off.
There are two options , implants or using your own fat (DIEP is the most common, using fat from your tummy).
Not everyone is a candidate for the second and it is a much bigger surgery than implants.
If you are thinking of doing that a good question to ask would be how many of these operations the surgeon has done.
Also if the Dr uses a local anaesthetic “ painbuster” in the abdomen area after the surgery as mine did and it meant I had hardly any pain in the abdomen after the operation.
I am happy to share my experience with you if you private message me.
I decided on a double mastectomy after a 5.5 cm lobular cancer in my left breast was not discovered on mammogram.
I had dense breasts and apparently lobular cancer has a habit of not showing up on mammograms.
I was quoted a 10 percent chance of getting cancer in the other breast and decided to get them both done and have DIEP flap surgery.
It is a very personal decision.
I don’t regret it and am now 3 months post the DIEP surgery.’
You can ask to join the private group on here “ Choosing Breast Reconstruction” and also check out the website “Reclaim Your Curves”.
It is a shame you can’t take someone with you to the appointment as I took my husband to mine and it was good as I didn’t take everything in.Maybe you can ask if you can record it? at the very least you should take a list of questions and tick them off.
There are two options , implants or using your own fat (DIEP is the most common, using fat from your tummy).
Not everyone is a candidate for the second and it is a much bigger surgery than implants.
If you are thinking of doing that a good question to ask would be how many of these operations the surgeon has done.
Also if the Dr uses a local anaesthetic “ painbuster” in the abdomen area after the surgery as mine did and it meant I had hardly any pain in the abdomen after the operation.
I am happy to share my experience with you if you private message me.