Tethering means breast cancer too

Pamela Pearce said:

Hi all, I'm new to this website and new to having breast cancer, I was diagnosed with breast cancer back in June.  I just wanted to let people know you don't have to feel a pea shaped lump to have breast cancer.  What I found was like a hole under one breast where the skin was pulling tight.

Turned out to be "Tethering" has anyone heard of that, did anyone know of that ??

My story is I was trying on bathers in Melbourne in June because we were going to Darwin with the family for school holidays & I noticed the "tethering" as a tight sort of hole under my left breast.  Not sure what it could be I checked Dr Google & was shocked to see it was sign of a breast cancer. I'd had my mammogram 12 months before & got the all clear so a bit slack in checking myself after that.  Now I feel very lucky to have seen this tethering & checked it out straight away.   I've since had a left mastectomy & lymph node clearance and just had my second dose of chemo.

I'd also be interested to talk to anyone whose had a single mastectomy without an implant to discuss life with one breast.

@Pamela I had a left mastectomy last Dec, very soon after diagnosis as it was very close to Xmas and surgeons would be away...although thankfully my surgeon was around at xmas... I spent xmas in hospital. I was thinking of reconstruction before surgery but needed to see a cosmetic surgeon for it and I did not want to wait. I just wanted to get into surgery asap. I could do a reconstruction later but in the end I decided against it. I did not want to have an artificial thing in me. I had small boobs and the skin is tight anyway and I am skinny so I am not sure how they would find any extra skin for me anyway! Also, should there be a recurrence I think it will complicate things with an implant. So all these factors made me decided against it. I am very happy to have just one boob. In fact next year when I undergone surgery to remove my port, I may remove the right. That way I would just wear a double prosthesis and I can choose my size lol!!! I don't care. It doesn't make me love myself less. And my husband is perfectly fine with it. I guess I learnt to accept it (one boob or no boobs) quite easily. xx