On Saturday, July 5, 2014 7:57:41 PM UTC+1, dsi1 wrote:
> On 7/5/2014 7:18 AM, Cherry wrote:
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> > Thank you for the good wishes. My brother says I'm being very matter-of-fact about the whole thing. I don't know what else to do but just get on with it.
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> > After the lumpectomy and further tests they realised they needed to take more out. So they gave me options: Carry on as we are and take a bit more
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> > and hope they get all, if not another op. Or take a lot more which would drastically reduce the size of my breast and so do a reduction on the breast. Or do the mastectomy and do the reduction on the other breast (I was somewhat well endowed!) at the same time. So boob and I had a little chat which went like, "It's been nice knowing you boob, but you've let me down and so it's time for you to go".
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> > I try to look on the bright side and there is an advantage to this in that the boob that had the reduction is now very pert indeed! Considering things went south sometime ago I'm not complaining. I can't wait for the reconstruction.

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> Good luck for the future. Here's hoping that the doc doing the
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> reconstruction is a boob expert and not an expert boob. (-:

She's excellent and has made breast surgery her career and is very concerned with body image. She understands how women like to dress and makes incisions appropriately.
Cherry