New Plan
I have a new plan. After my first consultation with my breast surgeon, I was steered in the direction of having a lumpectomy with radiation. She's an amazing surgeon, but she's also a huge proponent of breast conservation surgery. Sometimes she will turn patients away when they say they want mastectomy that she believes is overkill. Because I was still thinking lumpectomy, I saw the radiation oncologist and had a plan in place. I had my genetics checked, too. Negative for BRCA. But something niggled away inside me. Some internal voice told me I should really have a double mastectomy. I've now had cancer three times total (now in both breasts). The lumpectomy/radiation deal does not take care of the issue as a whole. So I talked to a friend who had a double mastectomy (no regrets for her), weighed the pros and cons, and sat with it for a while. Lumpectomy was scheduled for September 25th. I contacted my surgeon a week before and changed my mind. She and I talked o...