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Chelee,
I had a bilateral mastectomy. A MRM on the right side and a simple mastectomy on the left. My cancer was originally diagnosed in my right breast. Upon getting an MRI before surgery an 8mm mass showed up on the left breast along with extensive calcifications. Hence the reason I opted for the bilateral. With my simple mastectomy one node was removed and was checked. No cancer in the node and the 8mm mass was not cancer. If I had to do it all over again, I would do the same thing. It was a hard decision but one I put a lot of thought into. I'm sure that with a simple mastectomy you will be fine.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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