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Replies to "Get a second opinion or different surgeon. Was this at the Mayo?"
Not at Mayo, in Houston at MD Anderson. I understand that I needed margins to be larger. Second surgery also had plastic surgeon there again. My breasts look very good. Everything was scheduled for me and they worked around me having to travel to Houston .
What you said! I'm in the Texas Hill Country & I'd be running to MD Anderson for 2nd & 3rd opinions and for a new surgeon. I could not shrug off those missed margins or weeks more of uncertainty & pain & give that doc more of my finite life time or money. Yes, maybe it's "not uncommon" but that doesn't mean it should have occurred. Yes, I knew it was a slim possibility but they sold it to me as highly unlikely.