DIABETIC MASTOPATHY I have edited this post and added the link
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posted on 24.06.07 9:04 am
jude2
Hi Tracey,
As you will have read from my postings I too know very little about the condition. I have since found a small piece of information on the Diabetes UK web site under 'long term complications', which you may find helpful to read. (I have actually gone and found the page and pasted it for you to read at the bottom of my posting).
It does feel very confusing to be told that it is something like diabetics get when you are not diabetic!!! I was also under the impression that it wasn't that common a condition for diabetics - so its strange you have been told this!!
I am 36, but have not been offered any surgery to remove my lump - and have simply been discharged from the breast clinic, and sent a two line letter basically telling me 'you lump is benign and you don't need any further treatment'
From what little I have read on the internet certainly for diabetics it would appear that the lump could grow back if removed - but this may not be the case for you. I think it would be worth trying to get back in touch with your surgeon / consultant to try and find out a little more as to exactly why he feels it is necessary to remove the lump - as it is quite a major thing to have surgery, particularly when you are not too sure about the condition he has diagnosed. Also from what you have written you clearly want to find out about how your breast will be affected by the surgery and what it will look like afterwards. Then YOU can make an informed choice if surgery to remove the lump is the way you wish to move forward with this.
I hope this is helpful.
Judith
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Complications/Long_term_complications/Breasts_Mastopathy/
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