Michelle-
Its just that having dense breast tissue worries me. My 1st lumpectomy was based off mammo and ultrasound. I had a breast MRI AFTER my lumpectomy and more cancer was found adjacent to the lumpectomy site...leading to another lumpectomy! Both lumpectomies showed clean margins. I was also checked for the BRCA gene and I am not a "carrier".
Anyway, my thoughts regarding removing them altogether stems from the fact that I have dense breast tissue and the breast MR is the only modality that works for me. I feel that any scar tissue from a lift would mimic cancer on a MRI... With all ther other caca going on, I want one less thing to worry about. In this case two less things...
I know this boils down to personal choice -it's just so difficult trying to figure out what choice is the right one. Ya' know what I mean?
maria