saltylibrarian

Surgery will consist of a unilateral mastectomy (boob removal) with immediate reconstruction. I wll have a tissue expander placed behind my chest muscle that will be filled over time in order to create a "pocket" for an implant. This expansion process takes about 6 months. Then I will have that removed and replaced with an actual implant. Because my boobs are small, I will be going up (because damn I might as well get something fun out of this) and I will get an implant in the other side to match. If all goes well, I won't need radiation. I will be on a hormone therapy that is supposed to decrease chances of recurrance significantly. I will take this for 5 years. I hope this will be the end of cancer for me. It's worrisome because having breast cancer at such a young age puts me at a great risk for it to come back in worse ways. That blows but the reality is, a long life is NEVER guaranteed right? We just pretend it is.