Surgery will be July 19 for a double mastectomy and sentinel lymph nodes without reconstruction. Estimated downtime is 5-6 weeks provided I have no complications. After I heal up and see how I like (or don’t like) living the life of no boobs, I can revisit the plastic surgeon in 6 months and discuss either fixing up any deformity of the flat closure or move forward with major reconstruction.
Chemotherapy will be dependent on if I have positive sentinel nodes. If I don’t, I’ll resume scans. If I do, I’ll start the nastiest of chemotherapy cocktails.
So if you ask me what I want for my birthday, the answer will be “clear nodes”