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Beppie
10 years agoMember
Is there a trend for bi lateral mastectomies now ?
It just seems to me that a lot of women are having bi lateral mastectomies lately even when there's no family history ? ? Is this the way to go for a Uni lateral breast cancer now or is it just pers...
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Beppie
10 years agoMember
Hi Brenda,
thanks for that. My breasts were large to start with but I wasn't really worried about the look of only one. The lopsided look I got used to but I really wanted just to look normal again - or close to being symmetrical. I had to wait 2 years before reconstruction was available do to the nature of the operation - having muscle removed as well as the mastectomy and the burns from the radiation. My skin was so tight and stretched there - it left me with little choice for reconstruction . xx
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