In case you visit your doctor with a cancer problem, you should be aware that it is your doctor’s moral duty to brief you on the various methods by which your cancer can be dealt with. In any case, the doctor’s advice is usually subject to a couple of factors he will definitely place in consideration before making his suggestion. This may include the size of the cancer, the duration of the cancer cells and the position relative to the breasts. For different people, different treatments are needed and these may result in different implications on the part of the patient. According to modern research, you can now treat early breast cancer with lumpectomy and radiotherapy alone without the need for mastectomy. In fact, it has been proven that they both yield the same results, and that the surgeon performing the surgery has little influence of the outcome. I know that making the choice on which method to employ might not be that easy, but I believe that if everything is amply discussed with your doctor, and you are made to understand your choices and the outcomes, it would be relatively easier for you to understand and make the fair decision.
I know that for most women, it is often depressing to have to lose such a significant part of their physiology. I have had a few women who became so depressed in the process that they had to seek psychological intervention. However, thanks to the wonders of cosmetic surgeons these days, it is now possible to synthetically reconstruct the breast so it does not affect the total out look of the woman.
These techniques by which the breasts can now be reconstructed are so efficient that even if you have opted for a mastectomy, you do not have to walk about with everyone knowing what you just did. Instead the breasts can be reconstructed with a perfection bordering on divine that it is impossible to detect that a mastectomy actually took place.
In any case, the attending breast reconstruction surgeon would have your best interests at heart and would discuss the options you have in reconstructing your breasts. He should be able to ease your emotional nervousness and reassure you that the shapes of your breasts are not things of the past. In the end, your breast or oncoplastic surgeon should be able to reconstruct your breasts such that everything is okay down to every little detail.
Due to the rate of technological advancement these days, the breast reconstruction can now even duplicate your nipples and achieve perfection down to every aureole. This of course was not so in the past years, another testimony to the efficacy of science in the field of breast surgery.
Another thing: if you have decided to undergo single mastectomy from the beginning, you have the additional benefit of having the breast reconstruction surgeons match your breasts nipple-for-nipple with the original.
In the end, with a little orientation, you should be able to make the decision that will make your breast surgery experience safer and easier for you.