Hi all,
i am 47
i was dx on the 28th march with invasive 2a and the calcuim one! Sorry still trying to work out the correct words
i had my MRI and they informed me they could remove the 2 affected areas, I told them to remove the whole breast, which they have agreed to do, plus a recon all at the same time! Can see this being painful!
i have the op on Monday so little anxious but just want to have it removed.
i joined a breast support group as soon as I was told and have to say even though I was worried I have meet some lovely ladies and can see that I am not alone in this nightmare, and we all keep in touch
i do have dark days and feel I have been placed in a round room and told to find a corner, but I do have a great family who support me, so I need to be strong for them too, even though sometimes it hard.
I am going to stay positive as much as I can and wait to see the results and what treatment I will be getting, as I have read in this forum the wait is pants!
love to all
Tel xx
Hi Tel,
Welcome to the forum, and sorry to see you here! What sort of reconstruction are you having? … Implant?
I’m 53, and had a mastectomy last December, after lumpectomy did not get clear margins. I was satisfied to proceed to mastectomy, as I feared they’d want to try further excision surgery, but actually they declared mastectomy necessary. Mine was a bit more painful than some, I think, because she had to take some chest muscle to be sure of clear margins as the tumour was quite deep.
Will you need chemo and/or radiation therapy afterwards?
Good luck on Monday, hope all goes the very best it can. Unfortunately this is so bloody common, they get plenty of practice, so are really rather skilled at this surgery thing!! 
xxx
Hi Morwenna
thank you for your support, means a lot x
not sure what treatment I will be having, mine seems to be close to my cheats but they didn’t seem to bothered!!
i am having the silicon implant done at the same time which the plastic surgeon was happy to do.
i have been on tamoxifen, and my BCN told me rads my not be necessery still all new to me, so could be cemo.
Suppose I won’t really know until the results are in, so the wait begins!!!
love Tel xxxxxx
hi cherryblossom, i am 48 and had a risk reducing mx 2 years ago after i had already had bc 3 years ado.
My cancer was idc also the same sort of size as yours, but it had spread slightly to the lymph nodes.
I had 6 cycles of chemo,then 20 sessions of radiotherapy,then i had the risk reducing mx, followed by another 2 surgeries to correct my recon.
Now today i feel really happy,and feel for me that i only need to have nipple tattoos and that will be the end of my journey.
It seems like years ago, but i am happy with the decission that i made, to have the risk reducing surgery.
If i had known at the time that i had the braca 2 gene i would have asked for the surgeon to remove both my breasts then.
It seemed a bit cruel,i had bc, i only needed a wle as far as surgery went, so i felt happy knowing i wouldnt need to loose my breast, only to find out that i had the braca2, and it would be besy for me the have a mx.
I wouldnt change my desission now, good luck for the future.