Consultant phoned a short while ago. They haven’t got all the cancer, and I’m looking at a third round of surgery in as many months.
I’m opting for a lumpectomy again, as I’ve got rather large breasts. If they don’t get it this time, then there’s the drastic option of mastectomy.
Has anybody else been through this? Feel tearful and drained with it all…
Oh Hammy69 you are really being put through it. Hope all gets sorted this time. I decided to have a mastectomy from the start as I had heard of so many people having to have additional surgeries and as I had never had surgery before I was scared anyway. I can understand why you made the decision you did as its the right decision for you. Just wanted to send you a big virtual hug. Hoping you feel better soon and hope someone on here has the answer you are looking for. Fingers crossed your next surgery will be the one 
Hello @Hammy69
I’m so sorry to hear you find yourself in this position.It’s a pain, isn’t it, as you feel you are stuck on a perpetual loop and unable to get on with the rest of your treatment and everything stretches out further ahead.
I was in your position nearly 3 years as the pathology results found DCIS and another tiny tumour after my first operation to remove the original tumour , so the margins weren’t clear. I haven’t posted here for quite a while but if you search the forum under my user name or “clear margins” or “second surgery” you will see I posted a couple of times in the past few years on the subject when it came up and you might find some of what I said then helpful. Memory does fade! However, I think the main point is your consultant would not be offering you further surgery if they did not think it would be successful and give you a good result. Hopefully, too, you will recover quite quickly as it’s a shorter operation and just involves reopening(or ungluing) your previous scar.
It’s torture, I know, waiting again for pathology results, and also hard to explain to people .However, it also shows the care to ensure you have clear margins to give you the best possible long term prognosis, as it often comes down to millimetres on one margin. It’s easy for me to say now, as I was at the end of my tether about it at the time , but I really did appreciate being given the opportunity to avoid more serious surgery and all the potential consequences/ further decisions and long term am now glad it was an option to try again.
Best of luck and big hugs