posted by kazoo
12 October 2011
Masectomy or lumpectomy? Advice please!
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13 October 2011 00:11
I was diagnosed in Jan, had 3 months of hormones followed by neo adjuvant chemo - have just one more round of that to go
Saw my surgeon yesterday, was expecting the worst to be honest. My cancer is lobular and the tumour was very large (8cm). We discussed masectomies (i told her if I was losing one, I wanted to consider a risk-reducing masectomy in other breast as didn't want it coming back, couldn't face going through it all again etc). She took all that on board and said yes, they would consider doing that.
Then she examined me and looked on the ultra sound and said the tumour had shurnk loads so chemo has done its job really well. She said now we may not need a masectomy, a lumpectomy could do the job.
Now I'm confused. I have to go back after last chemo and have MRI and mammorgram, I will be having surgery end of November either way. I know it's good news and I should be delighted - and I am - but I fear that if I have a lumpectomy I'm going to spend my time worrying about recurrence.
If I do have a masectomy I will have to wait up to 12 months for reconstruction, she said, will have to have radiotherapy first.
Any advice girls?????
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