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kel016
14 years agoMember
Although my specialist say it would b very unlikely for me to carry a mutated gene, I've decided to go ahead and have a double mastectomy on the 23rd of July . For me personally I've got very dense tissue which I was concerned about from my late teens early 20's. Even back then I would say to my girlfriends that I thought I would get bc and that if so I would cut them off. So for yrs I went back to the doctors and my cancer that was non invasive and confined to my ducts slowly grew and grew to 17yrs later still not picking it up through dense tissue. Finally after me not accepting the diagnosis I flew to where I wish I had found all those yrs before. So the left one is gone and I vowed never to go under the knife again but 2 yrs has passed and now I want both gone. Peace for mind is a beautiful thing so for me this is my choice. There's nothing else Incan do, I'm fit I've got a healthy diet and lifestyle .i take time to smell the roses and look after my state of mind the best I can. And this is the last thing I can do. I guess u can't keep cutting things off as a garentee but if I do everything in my power and I was one of the unlucky ones to have it come back. I will know and can tell my kids that their mum threw everthing at it. It's a very personal journey that each of us will take a slightly different road. Xxxxx