Had a skin and areola sparing left breast Mx, immediate expander, then radiation and subsequent reconstruction with a large implant. Then a right breast lift to match reconstructed side. Was able to keep my existing breast size through a breast implant I was able to obtain through a study. Symmetry was achieved through a right breast lift and small augmentation.
After finding out I was a BRCA2 gene carrier, and having lost 8 close female family members to breast or ovarian cancer, I decided to have a bilateral mastectomy and oophorectomy with breast reconstruction. This decision turned out to be the right choice since when having a pre-op MRI it was discovered I had DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ). I was shocked since I had a mammogram only 3 months...
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