Hi all I'm new to this. I had a cancer diagnosis in May and surgery then - and then margin surgery. I was told after margin surgery that I'd need a masectomy and I'd have a reconstruction but told that I could talk about that post chemo. My chemo started 3 weeks after margin surgery. I finished chemo on October 1. I met with the plastic surgeon that same week. At all stages in this process the cancer surgeon indicated I'd have a reconstruction. I never questioned. And just couldn't read about all aspects of surgery and its impact - so I didn't think about it and certainly didn't know what was involved - I was given access to websites etc but I just didn't want to think about it. And now I'm less than 2 weeks away from the masectomy and reconstruction and I don't know if I want that, or can cope or even think of reconstruction. I'm 60 and not super fit and really knocked out by chemo. But I'm uncertain of my decision. I know my cancer surgeon wants to remove the breast because of my cancer. So that surgery needs to happen. But I don't know if I want to have a reconstruction. I have very large breasts and worry how I'll cope with a masectomy and the remaining breast given my size.
