Ruptured Breast Implant Dilemma
- Surviving Breast Cancer
- Jun 6
- 1 min read
By Brookshire McDonald
Surgery versus
Leaving a ruptured implant in
Was where my case
Was to begin.
Two CAT scans
And a breast MRI, too
Are what I recently
Went through.
A rupture held by the capsule
Were shown in each scan,
Thus leading to the results
Of a master plan.
With three docs
I made appointments to see
To learn recommendations
They had for me.
One included a consult
From the hospital “Big Duke”
Which included a team meeting
And not just a fluke.
The long twelve days of deciding
Going flat was for me
Turned rapidly into results
I did not see.
Health issues
Including a list very long
Led two doctors to agree
Surgery would be wrong.
My age, past blood clot, on blood thinners,
And MGUS helped them decide
As they hoped to their decision
I would surely abide.
The rupture is in a capsule
And only 2% chance of going anywhere;
This is the information
The team did share.
A change in attitude
Was to follow;
Thus in misery
I could not wallow.
An occasional sting
I would have to endure.
This isn’t so bad,
That’s for sure.
I’m alive to feel it
At eighty-six,
So isn’t this conclusion
A really great fix!!
Note: MGUS is monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, abnormal proteins in the blood. It can lead to blood cancer, but mine is stable.
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