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Re: scar tissue
Donna, I would include your rads onc in the loop, as he/she may have an opinion on whether it might be better to wait longer, for the rads damage to resolve as much as possible, before contemplating more surgery. I think everyone is different in how rads affects the tissue. But rads definitely does, to some degree, affect how the tissue will heal.
Do you know if you tend to form excess scar tissue (keloids) in general? If so, again -- get the most expert opinions that you can, so that you don't end up with an extra surgery, but (again) still more scar tissue.
There is no rush to make this decision. Can you gather opinions from both oncology surgeon(s), plastic surgeon()s, and rads onc(s)? If you're not entirely satisfied at any point, this would be an excellent time for a second opinion.
Debbie Laxague
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