Small breasted Stage One sisters... thoughts?

Hi renbird. I would echo what Buttonsmachine said. At the end of the day, whatever you decide and fell comfortable with is the right decision.

I was having to make the same decision 18 months ago. I was an A cup too, and my 2 cm tumor was in my right breast at 12 o'clock. My mum had had breast cancer in the 90s, and the radiation had caused some long term side effects for her, so I wanted to avoid that and losing what seemed to me like half a breast with a lumpectomy didn't seem like a good choice for me personally. I was lucky and had a great breast surgeon wiling to do a nipple sparing mastectomy and went straight to implants with a great plastic surgeon. He suggested having the bilateral mastectomy for an overall more balanced appearance. I was told that I couldn't get bigger implants than my own breasts could naturally hold as it would otherwise stress the tissue too much, and I was fine with that. However, due to the round shape of the implants, I went from an A cup to a D cup! This is because the implants have made the top half of my breasts fuller than my originals. It feels good to be a D cup now, but to be honest they don't look any larger, just not quite as natural. The recovery was at it's worse during the 2 weeks directly after surgery, after that it was just making sure I didn't over exert myself. The main thing that really confirmed I made the right choice was when the pathology report came in. In my left breast, where nothing had shown up in any scans they found atypical hyperplasia cells. These are not pre-cancer cells but they do have an increased risk of becoming cancer, so I'm feeling hopeful that with all the breast tissue gone I will avoid going through this again. Hope this helps.

I hope that whatever you decide, all goes well for you!