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Preventative mastectomy?
Hello everyone, On New Year’s Eve, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast
cancer. I have a fast-growing, triple-negative tumour in my left breast that
had spread to my lymph nodes. It requires six mont...
Hi jtee
i had a left skin sparing mastectomy in October with insertion of a tissue expander in anticipation of DIEP flap reconstruction and was going to keep the other breast but after further consideration I am going to have that one removed too ( apart from the skin ) and having a double DIEP flap surgery at the one time in a couple of months.
It is a very personal decision and whatever you decide is valid. My main reason was I didn’t want to go through it all again if cancer appeared in the other breast.Also if you have DIEP flap reconstruction they can only use the tummy fat once.
If you join the breast reconstruction group on here there are lots of stories and photos I found helpful .
There is also a website “ Reclaiming your Curves” which I found helpful. But of course going flat ( single or double) is also a perfectly fine decision too.
i had a left skin sparing mastectomy in October with insertion of a tissue expander in anticipation of DIEP flap reconstruction and was going to keep the other breast but after further consideration I am going to have that one removed too ( apart from the skin ) and having a double DIEP flap surgery at the one time in a couple of months.
It is a very personal decision and whatever you decide is valid. My main reason was I didn’t want to go through it all again if cancer appeared in the other breast.Also if you have DIEP flap reconstruction they can only use the tummy fat once.
If you join the breast reconstruction group on here there are lots of stories and photos I found helpful .
There is also a website “ Reclaiming your Curves” which I found helpful. But of course going flat ( single or double) is also a perfectly fine decision too.