Breast Cancer.

[Raindrop]

So, the larger mass was cancer but contiguous with the smaller nodule, so bumped me up to a stage II, but it's estrogen/progesterone positive and Her-2 negative which means I SHOULDN'T have to have chemo unless the surgery indicates lymph nodule involvement or the margins aren't clear. Which brings up another subject. I'm only a week out from surgery (a lumpectomy) and I'm re-thinking it and really wanting to have a mastectomy instead. I don't want to be in limbo. I want the whole thing gone!
I have a call into my surgeon and I'm totally aware that the surgery is more involved, but I'm not my breasts and just want this resolved.

[Helene2013]

Sorry to read this. I think too if I had to get through that route I'd go for a mastectomy. No one wants body parts taken away but given the choice, I prefer to keep a leg or an arm than a breast.

I remember when I went through breast reduction, the men I was talking with could not believe I wanted less. For most of them, the more the better! Deuh! Hubby was freaking out. But now that he sees I'm healthier (no more back pain) and that I can do much more without those huge boobs, he's ok with my decision. But would still have me to have more and I'm still a "C". Luckily my scars are not bad but they will always be there as they had to do the anchor type surgery. But why is it that we are often too focused when it comes to sexual body parts and not if it was an arm, a leg, etc... As you say, life is not breasts. It is just part of you and the other parts are just as strong.

Good luck in whatever option you go through. It won't be easy but once this is all over, you'll be back to your old self again.