Barbara, you have been through so much yet you continue to read and research and help us. Nor only are you brilliant and kind and wonderful but you are an incredibly special friend to all of us. Thank you for being you! You're special. Thank you! Have a beautiful day! How are the kitties you care for? You not only care for us but the furbabies as well. This is going to be a 10+ day!!!

I had a DMX on the 19th of last month and it has been horrendous. However, I spent months and months weighing the decision with the best possible team of medical providers. With a cancer Grade of 3, an oncotype of 64, and the BRCA-2 mutation, it seemed the best of the prophylactic methods.
I am blessed in that insurance is covering reconstruction for me - I go in three days for my first fill.

Sending love to all of my warrior brethren. We are still alive, folx, and that makes today a win from the very start!!!

When I had a mastectomy in 2019, I asked the surgeon about doing a double mastectomy. She told me that would not guarantee it would not recur. She said she would do it if that’s what I wanted but that recovery would take much longer and if it were to come back, it would come back on the same side as the mastectomy. I opted not to do it. In 2021, it came back on the chest wall, same side, just as she said. Having said that, we are all different and respond differently to surgery, recovery, treatment and dealing with recurrence 🙂

Like everything else, it is a personal decision. After multiple biopsies, it was the route I chose to eliminate mammograms, biopsies and endless wait periods for test results and to avoid radiation since the tumor was directly over my heart and lungs. Just as everyone decides the treatment route( or no treatment) that works for them, the preferred surgical treatment is whatever the individual feels most comfortable with.

I went to 2 different surgeons, and both felt like lumpectomy was the best course for me. So that is what I went with.