@johnsoncs1
Yes - the partial mastectomy took me from about an "F" down to an "A." The other breast was reduced to match. Keep in mind, if you have radiation following surgery it can change your breast a little bit...I now have a nipple that points outward (!!!), but I'm lucky in that I don't have loss of sensation in either breast or nipples. It was explained to me by the breast surgeon that they are looking doing partial mastectomies rather than full mastectomies now as having too much scarring and cutting through nerves with the full mastectomies so that women that have full mastectomy can not only lose sensation but also have nerve pain for a lifetime. I did have nerve pain for a while while the nerves were regrowing but that is all gone now. The scarring is mostly gone now so that I just have a little bit around one nipple, but continue to use arnica or calendula creams on it and that is starting to fade now. Prior to all of this (after my first surgery of lumpectomy), I asked for a breast MRI which found a secondary neuroendocrine tumor on the opposite side of the same breast as the invasive ductal cancer. I think the surgery lasted about 7 1/2 hours as with the affected breast they have to reshape; the unaffected breast is much simpler to do. If you don't opt for the second side being done, you can always get a prosthetic bra. Some women find being off balance by leaving the one side. This is really a personal decision that only you can make. All I can tell you is that I have no regrets. I hope this helps.