Making the Decision.

Ever since my mothers experience with breast cancer I have always told myself that if they ever find anything then they could just take them. I have my children and for the most part I guess I could say I was done with them. With that said its a whole new ball game when you are actually faced with the choice. After my meeting with Dr G. I basically had two main options: Lumpectomy with radiation or Mastectomy with no radiation. He was very nice and explained everything very thoroughly. He also took some blood and sent it off for the BRCA testing. I was told that if that came back positive he would advise to have both breasts removed as well as the ovaries. I have to say I did give lots of thought into what I was told. I also did lots of reading and learning what I could of my choices. So many women that I was reading about would have the lumpectomy and then 5, 10 years later were back and were now doing the mastectomy. After doing lots of sole searching I made the decision to do the BMX. For me its not if the cancer came back but when. I only want to have to go through this once!.

So one week after my meeting with Dr G. I then meet with Dr. Klien. I have to say that I really liked both doctors very much. Both were very informative and listened to my concerns. After that meeting I had the name of the PS that my BS recommend and I called and made an appointment for a consultation. I also make an appointment with the PS recommended by Dr. G. It was a hard choice but I ended up choosing Dr Klien at Valley. I'm more familiar with that hospital and decided that was where I was going to be.

The only thing left out to be decided on was the ovaries. I had to wait for the BRCA results to come in to make the final call on that. As my luck would have it those results came in on April 15th and of course I was positive for BRCA 1. Ovaries come out.