Back to the Drawing Board

May 14, 2012

Well apparently losing two sisters, mother, several aunts and first cousins combined with testing positive for the genetic pre-disposition for cancer is not compelling enough reason for a bilateral prophylactic Mastectomy.  I was also told that my fear and anxiety related to developing breast cancer was "over the top" and that hyper vigilance should be "good enough"

It's not "good enough" before I left Sunnybrook I called the Plastic Surgeon who started this fiasco last September and made an appointment for today.  In the interim I spoke to the clinical oncologist I work with who reassured me that I was not unduly anxious about the situation and offered to do the referrals himself.  I asked if I could take a rain cheque pending the appointment I had today.. he agreed.

I saw the plastic surgeon today, armed with my arguments pro-mastectomy, turned out to be a soft sell. . in fact he offered the referral before I asked, he also suggested I see another "newly minted" plastic surgeon to ensure that immediate reconstruction is truly "off the table".

Life is like a Merry-GO-Round one day up another day down, every thing going round and round.  Start again from the beginning

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