THE TIT IS BACK! (Yes to Life - Cancer Support Group - Feature)

8 Lessons learned from a cancer diagnosis, mastectomy and beyond

(Yes to Life - Cancer Support Group - Feature)

Aged 43 and with no family history of breast cancer, I was totally ‘life shocked’ when I received my breast cancer diagnosis. When I arrived in the consulting room I was sitting upright in my chair. By the end I was slumped and traumatized.

My consultant’s verdict “…mastectomy with delayed reconstruction”. As those words fell from his lips, my heart plummeted endlessly.

“Why can’t you save my nipple?” and “Why does it need to be delayed reconstruction?” Were some of the questions I blurted out.

It had yet to occur to me that metastatic disease had still to be ruled out and my prognosis could have been a lot worse – thankfully not.

I’d previously had 3 tumours removed from my left breast. A second opinion concurred that a full mastectomy with delayed reconstruction was the safest option.

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