Lumpectomy v mastectomy

Hi JinnyY

The best advice I can give you is to do what feels right to you.  

I hope this helps and I wish you the very best of luck with your operation whatever you decide to do.

Best wishes

Daisy53

Most breast surgeons are unhappy to remove healthy breast tissue, which is why I ended up with lumpectomy on the left and mastectomy with implant reconstruction on the right. I saw my plastic surgeon yesterday and everyone is thrilled with my results - apart from the missing nipple and a few healing scars, you’d never know my right breast had been reconstructed. The symmetry is amazing. 

I am really glad I opted for this solution and didn’t get freaked out by the idea of very asymmetrical breasts. If it hadn’t worked I could have gone for the DIEP lap flap surgery, which has a good record of symmetry, and it’s always an option to have further reconstruction on the lumpectomy side to match them up later. But so far, so good. Always remember you don’t have to do everything at once.

Hi Anabrock, thank you so much for your reply, you’ve set my mind at rest.  I’m happy to go forward with the original plan with the options in the future.  Funny we had the same diagnosis!   Best wishes for the future,

Jinny

Hi Daisy, thank you for your kind wishes.  It’s all very daunting but I’m in good hands! 

Kind regards

Jinny

Hi Anabrock. It's amazing. I had near enough same as you - even had my follow up appt yesterday as well - what a co-incidence. Just got to moisturise more (cracked nipple and all scars checked and a bit dry) and mammogram booked up for the left one.