Back Again
I was diagnosed in January and had a wide excision on the 4th February. I think of myself as lucky as my mum had bc at 39 so I have been having yearly mammograms since 40 ( I have just turned 50) I ...
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Hi Robyn,
I totally understand how you feel.Back in 2003 I was only 47 and not ready to lose a boob that's for sure.I only had the one lump but I was given a choice .I guess in hindsight the mastectomy was the way to go.But I thought it would be a one off,no bc in my family.I don't regret it,got to have my boob for another 7yrs.It was never quite the same after radiation.It felt uncomfortable to touch so it was purely for filling a bra.There is an 8%chance that it can come back in the same breast- I was unlucky.The mastectomy is disfiguring and psychologically harder to face.But I probably coped ok because I'm abit older now(55).I was supposed to take Tamoxifen 7yrs ago and I tried for 2mths but it made me miserable in every way so stopped it.Am taking it now and it seems to be agreeing with me . That's probably because I'm now through menopause. I know it has side effects but I don't dare risk another recurrence. The decisions you have to make are all pretty awful.You just have to do your research and then do what feels right for you at the time.
Tonya xx