Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Hi @bronni, thx @primek. Like Jane @Hopes_and_dreams I too had a single skin and nipple sparing mastectomy with immediate recon using implant. I was stage 2, grade 1, EO+, PR +, Her2-, 2.7cm tumour. I was a C cup but my surgeon says she measured me incorrectly and I went up to a D cup. Mine was an easy decision as I had been told that due to the amount of tissue I was going to lose I would be better having a mastectomy, and then I found out I also had a satellite (which turned out to be benign) but that was the clincher. I was in hospital 6 days, 3 of them on strong painkillers, the other three on panadol only. I trotted around the hospital every day with trips to the cafeteria for cappuccino's and catch ups with friends and family. Very sociable time really. Left hospital with 2 drains -  and they weren't a drama. Altogether I was off work 8 weeks (I couldn't go back until the second drain was gone). Like Jane I have very little feeling in my breast (more to the sides of it, none in the nipple although it still responds to pressure and cold). I'm having a reduction (length) and lift to the other breast and some fat grafting to plump up and even out my perky foob, sometime in the next 11 months. (Main surgery was last June). Am very happy with my choice and how it has turned out. My surgeon is an oncoplastic so had no need to see anyone other than her - bargain. Didn't have a need for right mastectomy and if anything happens to that one will deal with it when the time comes. Due to grade 1, no nodes positive and choice of mastectomy I got away without chemo or radiotherapy and was premenopausal so am on Tamoxifen. All good. Powering along and very happy. If you have any questions you think I can help with, don't hesitate to ask. Knowledge is your power when you're on the rollercoaster!! Big hug and best wishes in your decision making. Xx Cath