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Decision conserving surgery or mastectomy? confused
Hi
My name is Kerrie and I am 44 years old and I have just been diagnosed with HER2 breast cancer and have to decide between breast conserving surgery or a mastectomy. I am having a hard time with...
Hi Kerrie,
my tumour was pleomorphic triple negative 5cm with 30% likelihood of recurrence. Not a hard choice for me really so I had bilateral (BMX). Very liberating to be braless for the first time in 40 years. I'm considering my options for reconstruction but not rushing into anything yet. just letting my body and skin heal for a year or two after all the chemo, surgery and rads. If I'd had a different type of tumour I probably would have gone for a lumpectomy but hard to hypothesize after the fact. I found the greatest sources of real information were my chemo nurses and breast care nurse. They all said ''you've made the best decision", I think mainly because they get to see all the 2nd and 3rd timers coming through their clinics. It's a big decision to make and I did cry a lot the first 2 days because it is more confronting than you anticipate.. Best of luck with your journey...
xx
Debbie