More surgery required....
Urgh...saw the surgeon yesterday and I need more surgery. The MRI found 13 cysts in various locations in the left breast and 3 of those cysts are what's called 'complicated' cysts. The surgeon said to remove them all would leave me with no breast tissue and because of my previous breast cancer, my strong family history, my age (44) and dense breasts, I'm a prime candidate for a re-occurence of the cancer in the remaining breast.
So now need to have my left breast removed - I'm very sad about this news (but not terribly surprised). I'm praying like mad there is no cancer in the breast otherwise I go 'round two' with chemo - this time intravenous rather than tablets. Looks like the surgery will be end of February or early March - my surgeon wants to check to make sure that a reconstruction can still happen using a DIEP flap as I have a hernia too but instead of one breast I'll need both done now.
Breast cancer has changed my life so much.....
