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Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 27, 2023 | Replies (78)
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@toomany questions I am flat on both sides now. Recovery wasn't too bad. No concave scarring r side effects. Feel fine. My only suggestion is to have a paravertebral block before surgery so you don't need pain meds.

What do you mean by not finding a surgeon to do surgery that leaves you flat?

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toomanyquestions | @toomanyquestions | Nov 8, 2022

I saw 4 surgeons.
One wanted lumpectomy with radiation and AI. She would not discuss any other choice.
One said I asked too many questions and just need to choose without knowing details.
One only advocated reconstruction with saline filled implants.
One wouldn’t talk about anything until she had the imaging, a new mammogram and ultrasound at her hospital, AND the actual pathology slides which the biopsy doctor has sent to Decision RT without my permission.
I am out of surgeons.
And energy.
I am nervous about leaving the cancer growing since September. I have no choice but the lumpectomy later this week.

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