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I have been thinking about your question since I read it earlier. I had a double mastectomy as soon as I could after diagnosis. I wanted the cancer GONE, whatever it took. Did not think twice about it. (I took longer deciding on tile for our remodeled house!) The surgery represented part of recovery rather than a loss. And it helped in staging the cancer . And the scars are, I guess, battle scars. I never felt "amputated". What an unfortunate term to use. I felt liberated that I had taken action. I suppose I am just pragmatic about it. It may make a difference that I am in my early 60s. But I am just accepting the way it is and being grateful the surgery went well and I recovered from it pretty uneventfully. I might feel differently if I were younger.
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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