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Tracy62
10 years agoMember
Hysterectomy planning
Had my mastecomy in December 2013 and have been on Tamoxifen since then. Was always that little bit worried about being on this and having been told it gave n increased risk of uterine cancer. Given ...
Tracy62
10 years agoMember
He is hoping to do it lapriscopically as I have had a lot of surgeries. This may even be one of my simple ones. My aggressive thyroid cancer resulted in multiple surgeries and external beam radiation and left me with a narrowed airway and parallyzed right vocal chord - all makes for very difficult intubation - so they do awake intubation (these are such fun - had my mastectomy done like this).
I am already retired and have 2 adult sons still living at home (plus a wonderful hubby) so a great support network.
I will post here further down the track to let others know how it all goes.
Tracy xxx