masectomy
has anyone had one breast removed because of cancer and CHOSEN to have the other removed as well as a precautionary measure ???
Pros and cons??????
sandy
Forum Discussion
Thanks Chris and Sandy and everyone,
I find that everyone(except those on this site) thinks it is mad to be thinking of removal of other breast when nothing has been found, but they can not know the worries that one feels about this.
With me, I also imagine that if I was to have recon. on the absent breast that I would also need something done to other one anyhow as it is quite large and think it unlikely that they could match "new " one to it.
Yes, I am suffering a lot with chemo too and still can't lift my left arm above about 70 degrees nor sleep on that side(lymph glands removed in May)so dont want to get it again. It seems to me from my readings here that many of us have had a second one in the other breast within about 6 years of first- I guess though those people are likely to be the ones who are still on this site.
Julia