What makes you have a reconstruction?
I had a mastectomy done and didn't choose implant or reconstruction as I had wanted to get into surgery quickly before Xmas. I didn't want to see a plastic surgeon as it was so close to Xmas and was f...
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@au0rei
So, in 2011 I had Breast Cancer, lumpectomy, radiation and tamoxifen for 4yrs. 2015 I had a recurrence in my scar tissue from the lumpectomy even though I had very wide clear margins and tamoxifen. I had another major lumpectomy as I'm big breasted and my Surgeon said I had no advantage of a mastectomy over lumpectomy. I couldn't do radiation again as you can only do it once, so my only option with 2.5cm tumor Stage 2 Grade 3 aggressive, ER+ only was Chemo so I completed that in December 2015. The day I finished my Oncologist said..now go away and get better 'Oh by the way I want you to think about a mastectomy now as you've had a recurrence already, so twice in the same breast'. This was out of left field. So they said no hurry I was all clear, but they wanted the mastectomy to ensure I didn't have a 2nd recurrence. So that's why it was like 14 months post chemo by the time I did this surgery and of course all pathology was clear. So it was to not gamble again. Hope that makes sense? Hugs M x
So, in 2011 I had Breast Cancer, lumpectomy, radiation and tamoxifen for 4yrs. 2015 I had a recurrence in my scar tissue from the lumpectomy even though I had very wide clear margins and tamoxifen. I had another major lumpectomy as I'm big breasted and my Surgeon said I had no advantage of a mastectomy over lumpectomy. I couldn't do radiation again as you can only do it once, so my only option with 2.5cm tumor Stage 2 Grade 3 aggressive, ER+ only was Chemo so I completed that in December 2015. The day I finished my Oncologist said..now go away and get better 'Oh by the way I want you to think about a mastectomy now as you've had a recurrence already, so twice in the same breast'. This was out of left field. So they said no hurry I was all clear, but they wanted the mastectomy to ensure I didn't have a 2nd recurrence. So that's why it was like 14 months post chemo by the time I did this surgery and of course all pathology was clear. So it was to not gamble again. Hope that makes sense? Hugs M x