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Rosie sits down, in front of a live audience, with the surgeon who told her she had breast cancer and later performed her double mastectomy and reconstruction. Mr Ullah, a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, answers five questions:
1. Lumpectomy or mastectomy: how do you choose?
2. What are the symptoms, and how often should you check?
3. Is breast cancer rising in young women?
4. Does everyone need radiotherapy?
5. What is triple negative breast cancer, and how is it treated?
Rosie also tells the story of the day she cried on hearing she did not need radiotherapy, and describes living with the fear that cancer will come back.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold open
1:42 Meet Mr Ullah
3:20 Breaking the news
5:26 Seeing the same surgeon throughout
8:24 Lumpectomy or mastectomy: how do you choose?
10:28 Rosie's mastectomy and the nipple decision
11:09 The day her surgery was cancelled
13:04 Symptoms and how often to check
15:51 Is breast cancer rising in young women?
17:55 Pregnancy and breast cancer
18:55 Does everyone need radiotherapy?
20:24 Crying over radiotherapy she did not need
22:52 Living with the fear of recurrence
24:43 Triple negative breast cancer
26:39 Why the same diagnosis can mean different treatment
29:10 What patients have taught him
31:16 A thank you, and his one piece of advice
ABOUT MR ULLAH
Mr Ullah is a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust. Oncoplastic surgery combines cancer surgery with reconstruction.
IF THIS EPISODE RAISES ANYTHING FOR YOU
See your GP if you notice a change in your breasts or nipples that is not normal for you.
Breast Cancer Now helpline: 0808 800 6000 (free)
Macmillan Support Line: 0808 808 00 00 (free)
This episode is for information only and is not medical advice. Mr Ullah speaks in general terms, so ask your own care team about your situation.
Hosted by Rosie Fawehimi.
