Anyone with a "Good" lumpectomy? Please.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited December 2014

    Welcome Victor, check out the sections mentioned by the moderators. I printed them off and put them in a binder which I brought with me to appointments. I also brought a notebook with my questions written down, so that I would even remember what to ask, and I would write down the doctor's answers by the questions as we went along.

    It does take about a year for the fat to move around and fill in the gaps, so I would suggest to not even think about any surgical tweets until that amount of time has passed

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  • DivineMrsM
    DivineMrsM Member Posts: 9,620
    edited December 2014

    It's been about 3 1/2 years since my lumpectomy. I did have to have a re-excision to get good margins.

    I sort of got lucky (and then again.....) because the lump was found in the six o'clock position in the breast. My breasts are ample size, about a 36d. The chemo shrunk the tumor way down. The scar left by lumpectomy lies on the underside of the saggy boob (I'm a woman in my 50s, after all, lol) and runs from almost to the nipple down to where the breast attaches to the chest. I never see it when I'm dressing or showering. My onc had a breast surgeon doing rounds with her once and the surgeon commented on how nice it was that scar wasn't visible.

    The scar healed well. My left breast is slightly smaller than the right. I wear sports bras, no more underwire once I was diagnosed, so the somewhat different sizes is no worry to me. It is not noticeable at all once I am dressed.

    I had chemo and rads and allowed myself time to heal. Give yourself that time. Why rush the healing? Take loving care of yourself, you will not be sorry that you did.

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