National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.

The waiting, and the research while waiting was/became a blur for over a month. Many doctor visits in preparation for surgery kept me busy along with work, but March 19th couldn't get here fast enough. I wanted this over and done with! I read anything and everything I could find concerning treatment options for my type of cancer so I could make a well informed decision I could live with. I never asked another soul their advice, as I wanted this to be MY decision. In the end my husband said "it all comes down to what YOU can live with", and those were very profound words. I couldn't LIVE with it....it being the possibility that it could recur if I didn't simply choose to give up a part of my body that most women identify themselves/their sexuality with, but a part I felt I could live without. I made the decision for bilateral skin sparing masectomy with reconstruction immediatly. Now to simply wait for the process to begin.