Reconstruction questions

Dovely

Hello ladies. I am basically finding out on Friday if I get to keep my boobs or not. Nutshell of my story: 2cm IDC tumor in left breast that my surgeon is confident can be removed via lumpectomy and she's forecasting radiation and inhibitors. BUT, when getting pre-surgery MRI, 4 small lumps appeared on both breasts in almost the same spot on both sides, different quadrant than cancer. All four are less that a cm. I am having them biopsied. Could be fibroadenomas (I already have a benign one near the cancer and have SUPER dense tissue) or it it could be more spots of cancer.

Here is where I'm at: if cancer is in both breasts, I'm getting a double mastectomy with recon. If right breast remains healthy and another cancer is found on left side, either uni or bi (hard decision, leaning towards bi). If (fingers crossed) all lit up MRI spots are all benign, lumpectomy as planned.

She says I'm a great candidate for a skin and nipple sparing direct to implant, being young (42), thin and good breast shape. I would love to hear stories of those that have had that (and also, silicone or saline) as well as pros and cons of uni or bi if one breast definitely had to be done and one was still healthy.

(Posted this in two topics because I wasnt sure which was best 😊

Lula73

Hoping the biopsies come back benign. Did your dr talk with you about other types of recon besides implants especially since you’re on the young side of the fence?

Dovely

lula, yes, but unfortunately I'm really thin and she sort of laughed saying “I don't know where we'd get the fat".