My wife had a bi-lateral mastecomy in August. A decision she made after considering her family history. The tumor was detected from a regular mamogram (sp) and it was caught before it made it to level 1. Because of her early detection and surgery, her nodes were negative and she required no chemo or radiation treatments at all.
My cancer was caught very early too.
From a routine mammogram came the cyst. Then the cyst was aspirated — no cancer cells.
So the choice was to either watch the cyst and get more frequent appointments, or have a lumpectomy.
I opted for the lumpectomy and lo and behold, there was a tiny cluster of cancer cells (6mm, I believe) in the tissue beneath where the cyst had been.
From the lumpectomy came a partial mastectomy and removal of 7 lymph nodes, which were negative. The doctor recommended the partial and referred me to an oncologist.
Perhaps because of my age. Not sure. So we’ll see what the oncologist recommends in our meeting tomorrow morning.
— Jane