Health anxiety and waiting for biopsy results for my wife.

[Carys]

Hiyer

What will she be having now, in terms of surgery ?

You don't always have to be strong, sometimes you can find it hard you know....it is hard. Let yourself be upset and cry if you need to, then pick yourself up and carry on renewed. ;o)

[Aaronoid]

Hi Carys
Originally my wife had been recommended to go for a mastectomy but she has had a meeting with the surgeon who believes a lumpectomy is a viable option. So that's what she is going for.

[Carys]

Okay, I was surprised that they were jumping immediately to mastectomy as the tumour must be at fairly early stages, judging by how quickly your wife moved on it. I also have lumpectomy. I suspect though, if lumpectomy is the option that radiotherapy will be added into the treatment plan ? Are you and your wife confident in the new advice from the surgeon, as you previously had different advice ? Or is she being offered the choice either or ?

[Aaronoid]

The consultant originally said because of the size of the lump he thought a lumpectomy would be too much for the size of the breast, however my wife is now being seen by the consultants boss and she will be doing the surgery. She is the one that said the lumpectomy would in fact be a viable option. The surgeon seems confident so that is a little bit of a comfort. At this stage the treatment plan is lumpectomy, radiotherapy and tamoxifen.

[Carys]

Great! Always better to go the breast conserving surgery first, as it saves on the psychological aspect of loss and is so much easier to recover from, a quick in and out day case. Lumpectomy and radiotherapy have the same clinical outcome as full mastectomy. Your wife has the same treatment plan as I had )

[Scaredtoo]

My mom had breast cancer. I wish your wife a healthy recovery and praying for you both.