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Full mastectomy v lumpectomy
Hello everyone I hope whoever is reading this is well. I was wondering if anyone had any experiences to share if the would change anything about decisions made re the above. I Think I have the opti...
Hi @Newbie3312
I went through the same thing initially. As per everyone’s advice, I wrote down some questions about current risk and future reoccurrence risk, and discussed this with my surgeon. This really helped as well as getting input from this forum.
I actually went through with partial mastectomy but then following further pathology results, I then had to go back in for full mastectomy. I saw it as a journey of collecting more data and then doing what needed to be done to mitigate future risk associated with my case.
All the very best to you and your upcoming surgery.
I went through the same thing initially. As per everyone’s advice, I wrote down some questions about current risk and future reoccurrence risk, and discussed this with my surgeon. This really helped as well as getting input from this forum.
I actually went through with partial mastectomy but then following further pathology results, I then had to go back in for full mastectomy. I saw it as a journey of collecting more data and then doing what needed to be done to mitigate future risk associated with my case.
All the very best to you and your upcoming surgery.