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lia · 02-25-2007, 03:53 PM

After a long period of agonising indecision ,I m currently in the process of getting a preventative mastectomy on the left side and then bilateral reconstruction using my stomach tissue , cant remember the medical term .I will be 2 years post surgery ( WLE initially , then mastectomy ) on march 1st. Reading this thread has reminded me of how convinced i was that the biopsy had stirred the cancer cells up , tumour was 7 mm on diagnosis and then 28 mm at wle then 33 mm and multi focal after mastectomy .i have strong family history but no gene found , bc was er / pr + and her2 + , node neg, mix of ductal , dcis and lcis. Now wondering if surgery is sensible . . I dont have to have it but as my bc was only found by chance in a family history mammo , and only one tumour showed up , I dont have a lot of faith in my own powers of detection or those of the mammogram. What are people s views on preventative mastectomies and on reconstruction ?? Thankyou !

02-25-2007, 03:53 PM	#13
lia Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: uk Posts: 33	help ! After a long period of agonising indecision ,I m currently in the process of getting a preventative mastectomy on the left side and then bilateral reconstruction using my stomach tissue , cant remember the medical term .I will be 2 years post surgery ( WLE initially , then mastectomy ) on march 1st. Reading this thread has reminded me of how convinced i was that the biopsy had stirred the cancer cells up , tumour was 7 mm on diagnosis and then 28 mm at wle then 33 mm and multi focal after mastectomy .i have strong family history but no gene found , bc was er / pr + and her2 + , node neg, mix of ductal , dcis and lcis. Now wondering if surgery is sensible . . I dont have to have it but as my bc was only found by chance in a family history mammo , and only one tumour showed up , I dont have a lot of faith in my own powers of detection or those of the mammogram. What are people s views on preventative mastectomies and on reconstruction ?? Thankyou !