Removal of 2nd breast when no recurrence
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All,
First of all I want to thank you sharing your personal
experiences and information on this network. When I was first
diagnosed it really helped me to come to terms with my diagnosis and
to ...
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I had ILC in my right breast and as is quite usual, it seems, the cancer was much bigger meaning I went from a lumpectomy to a mastectomy. At the time, my surgeon steered me away from a double. Fast forward a couple of years, and with apparently his own health scare, surgeon told me if I found I couldn't live with the anxiety of recurrence to book in to have the other removed. I think this was also partly due to the skin being good enough then for recon if I chose and that would be a one off procedure. I still have the other breast and no recon. Most of the time, that's okay but as today is my 4th year scan, I have to admit that I'm feeling quite anxious. (Not as bad as last year when I had a job interview later the same day which was then interrupted half way through due to issues with a suddenly called Covid lockdown.). Fingers crossed.