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Profilatic mascetomy
Just wondering how many ladies have opted to have a double mastectomy with cancer only in one breast to try and eliminate the possibility of it coming back. Also was your choice based on a genetic fac...
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Hi Everyone,
I am nervous about my upcoming surgery too, but I have got to the point where I need to stop asking any more questions (I have been doing so for 6 months!) and just trust the surgeon. It is a lot of money and big recovery, but someone said to me early on (perhaps one of the nurses or a physio) that the reason women have reconstructive surgery is so that we don't need to think about our breasts any more. They go from being something you think about everytime u look in the mirror, decide what to wear, play sport etc back to being just 'there'! I think that's a great reason to go ahead with the surgery, think how much more brain space I will have to think of other much more wonderful things!
I've got three exams to do in the next two weeks, then a two week holiday in Vanuatu with my hubby (and no kids!). I'm going to enjoy myself and try not to think any more!
All the best, Heather