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Posted by Rita on 10/11/2009, 9:57 am, in reply to "Re: decisions!!!!!"
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I have been diagnosed with bc, just recently and have a double mastectomy surgery next week. I personally asked to have the "good breast" taken off before the doctor even recommended it. The doctor said she couldn't get clear enough marjins to save the left breast.
Initially I was going to have immediate reconstruction, but after meeting with the plastic surgeon, seeing the results possible and hearing how recovery would be dragged out for months, I decided on ..no reconstruction. That is another option. Obviously not for everyone. I am in my late thirty's overweight yet pretty active and, currently I have D cups. It will be one heck of an adjustment I know. I try to look on the positive side of this, and my husband who is a breast man "he admits" says he is happy with this decision. I saw a picture on the internet of a beautiful young woman with her 2 kids on the beach playing happily with a huge smile, a tan, and a minimumally noticable scar. Yes she was topless. She said something like it took the lifeguard 4x walking by to decide not to say anything to her, well because she had nothing there. She looked so free though. So she is my inspiration and hope for when this is said and done. I hope to be free, light and happy. I'll never have to wear a tight constricting, uncomfortable bra again. I'd prefer myself as I am now, except healthy...but I guess this will be the new me. Whatever you choose, I believe it will feel right in your heart, because when I made this choice for me, even though a few others thought I had to have reconstruction ya-da-ya-da i felt a relief so huge I knew for me it was right.
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