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dchips1 · 11-01-2012, 09:09 PM

I was diagnosed at 37 but I was stage 4 after surgery.
i only had a left mastectomy. I was never a bra fan to begin with 36A/B unless I was nursing my kids then I was a full B. If I knew know what I didn't know then, I would have done a bilateral. So when I did not wear a bra like most days I wouldn't worry so much, about the shirt i was wearing. Bras because of surgery side and my port just irritate me too much. So When I need to get dressed up then I wear one with the form.
The other downside of not wearing a bra is the muscles around the remaining breast sometimes cause pain. I hate mammograms, I am smaller and they have to really pull and tug. I am not sure if my husband would have agreed with me about doing a bilateral at the time, but now I don't think it would have mattered.

It is your body, and your choice. You have to decide some people it makes a big difference to them, others just want less worry and appointments

Good Luck and prayers for your decision, that it is what you feel good about doing for you not anyone else.
Darita

11-01-2012, 09:09 PM	#3
dchips1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 219	Re: Second guessing myself I was diagnosed at 37 but I was stage 4 after surgery. i only had a left mastectomy. I was never a bra fan to begin with 36A/B unless I was nursing my kids then I was a full B. If I knew know what I didn't know then, I would have done a bilateral. So when I did not wear a bra like most days I wouldn't worry so much, about the shirt i was wearing. Bras because of surgery side and my port just irritate me too much. So When I need to get dressed up then I wear one with the form. The other downside of not wearing a bra is the muscles around the remaining breast sometimes cause pain. I hate mammograms, I am smaller and they have to really pull and tug. I am not sure if my husband would have agreed with me about doing a bilateral at the time, but now I don't think it would have mattered. It is your body, and your choice. You have to decide some people it makes a big difference to them, others just want less worry and appointments Good Luck and prayers for your decision, that it is what you feel good about doing for you not anyone else. Darita __________________ dx 1/06 IDC 2cm 38 at dx 2/06 L mast nodes 3/9+ SNB neg ER-/Pr - her2 + Stg 4 liver/pelvis 3/06-9/06Taxol/Carbo/zometa/Herceptin 3/07 6 brain mets WBR down to c-2 4/07 osteonecrosis jaw 1/08 mri new 9mm lesion right lower side 2/08 gamma knife 1 lesion 11/08 regamma 10/09 latent rad necrosis to brain met, 1/20/10 crani: lesion necrosis w active cells continue her add tykerb 1/11 NED just Ingrown toenail! YEAH GOD 8/11 Tykerb, herceptin weekly, elevated her2 levels, negative scans oct -march 11 new neuro deficits lower legs 3/12 2 spinal metsTykerb, Herceptin 04/12 4050cGY rads T 2-4 & T7-9 5/12 Brain,cervical lumbar clear/thoracic slight decrease 10/12 t 2-4 shrunk t-9 grew start Xeloda, 02/13 stop xeloda,5/13 on metformin, decadron, Tykerb, iv and IT herceptin 5/30/13 total #11 #2 of 80mg dose weekly. 9/13 100mg of IT her, IV hern, 750 mg tykerb, 3mg dec. last Mri T--3 SHRUNK t7-9 shrunk no edema. Left shift in CBC bone marrow BX negative. 10/13 Ct has shown Double left ureters with stones/cysts in them, after 3 births and lots and U/S iit takes cancer to figure out you have 2 smaller ureters going into 1 kidney! 12/13 Mri brain no new lesions, cervical and lumbar arthritis. Tspine lesion at T3 stable, T 7-9 GROWTH lots of pain 1/29/14 HIHO HIHO its off to Neuro surgery I go Life is Good when you wake up in the morning and take a breath and know that God has given me another day.