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mum2jj
12 years agoMember
I seem to be answering you all over the place today.
I have replied to you in your Young women from Cairns post...although at 51 not sure I qualify as young anymore. I wanted a bilateral at the time of my second diagnosis (same breast). However as the Drs were keen to get me back into chemo they only did the single. I was told if I still wanted the other breast off I could have it removed at the time of reconstruction. I never wavered from my initial decision. I, like you had very dense breasts that did not image well. I am actually part of a study at the moment (or my old mammograms are) for young women with dense breasts. It will be interesting to see the results. Anyway it was about 2 1/2 years after my first mastectomy that I had the second and a bilateral reconstruction. I quickly got used to my one breast and prosthesis. I found the time between surgeries gave me lots of time to consider and research my reconstruction options.
So glad you are finding some answers and support here.
All the best for your upcoming appointments. Both the breast care nurses in Cairns are lovely. If you need to talk to them and they are busy you can leave a message and they will call you back. I found them invaluable in the early days when I had to figure out how to tell my children etc.
Paula x