As I said in my post, my surgeon told me after she consented to another surgery, that the prophylactic mastectomy on the opposite side would bring the chances of BC on that side to 5%. My prior surgeon never said a word or provided any information about the opposite breast. In fact, he gave me a choice between a lumpectomy or single mastectomy. I chat mastectomy because I wanted it to be over. As it turned out I had a recurrence on my chest wall. A lumpectomy would have been completely inappropriate since the subsequent biopsy revealed 5 cm tumor with 3 other foci and extensive lymphovascular. How would I have faired with a lumpectomy give the mastectomy was a disaster- very tight margins- followed by a recurrence when the bandages were still on. If a person is under anaesthetic to remove one side I don’t understand why they would not provide the information that would lead to a choice to remove both breasts. Ask your surgeons to confirm this information (higher than 1 in 7 vs 5% with removing the breast). Maybe they don’t say anything because they are following a standard of care that needs to be challenged??