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Lumpectomy with radiation or Mastectomy?
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@wews Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer again, after 22 years Cancerfree. 😞 This time it was found on my right breast. I just had 2 lumpectomies on the right breast. All margins/lymph nodes clear.
I had lumpectomy, radiation & chemo 22 years ago on left breast. I am 65 years old. I don’t want to do radiation again.
I’m having a hard time deciding on mastectomy. 😞
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@lourdes2026 obviously no one can make the right decision for someone else. The questions I might ask myself and my doctor are about choices and outcomes. You know better than anyone that there are no guarantees but if you have a doctor you trust and feel you can ask, I would ask about choices and what could I expect from those choices. If you struggled with radiation the first time, you might want to make clear that would be a last choice.
If you are set against a mastectomy, I would discuss that too. Because your cancer is yours alone and the expected outcomes are as well. I hope you can get a great outcome from a treatment plan you can tolerate.
Have you received your biopsy results yet?
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@lourdes2026 please get the book suggested in my first post. It is immensely helpful in making decision and moving forward. The mastectomy really wasn't hard - you just have to embrace having reconstructive surgery following it. Good luck - I wish you the best.