Cancer free at 33...

After reading through the article about having a mastecomy I had differnt views on breat removal. Although breat removal is a very personal and seriousl surgery I fully understood the measures that were being taken. For somone who knows that they run an exremely high risk of recieving breast cancer and are basically waiting for they day they find out getting a mstecomy before you know you have breast cancer is a smart prevention. It prevents you from going through all the painful steps before your last option is the removal of your breasts. Although breasts stand for feminity, you can still be a woman and live a wonderful life of motherhood with out your real breasts you were born with! If I knew breast cancer ran through my family and that I ran an extremly high risk of having it one day, I would seriously contemplate getting a mastecomy before it was noted necessary to save my life at that moment.! I wouldnt think once about people thinking I was not a real woman because your health comes before everything!