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Same here. Dont do the bilateral unless you know youre full comfortable with it right now. You can always have the other side done later but if you do both now and regret it, you cant undo that. Other factors for me where not knowing if i needed chemo, radiation, the infection risk that comes with those if you do recon (especially bilateral) all together. Also my surgeons kept stressing to me that double surgery = double surgical risks. My advice is always make sure you're 100% comfortable with what you're having done.

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I know this is months later but I so agree with you. I actually asked my surgeon if I should just do double and get it over and done with. She was like "why remove a perfectly healthy breast when you only have cancer on one side". As for The surgeons especially plastic surgeons who say oh a woman won't he happy cause the sides don't match . My plastic surgeon had an answer to that. Every good surgeon will ensure the breasts look good . I have an expander in right breast right now and guess what . I'm so ok . I worried at first about how I'd look but after surgery I remember looking on the mirror and saying " you go girl" . I love the new me that I have accepted and that's just with an expander. But my plastic surgeon is really good and women who have had singles look just as good as ones who have had Bilateral. People just don't understand the resilience us warriors have!