I was diagnosed in April of 2020. Almost exactly one month into the COVID lock down. I happened to feel the lump in my right breast while I was showering, and I knew immediately in my gut it was bad news. But I was lucky. It was stage 1, triple positive, meaning it would be fairly simple to treat. After all the initial scans they had found a concerning bit in my other breast, so they had to do an MRI biopsy. It was probably the most traumatic medical procedure I'd had in my life so far. So a couple weeks later when I had to make a decision about surgery, I knew I didn't want to go through that again. I could have done any option: lumpectomy, unilateral or bilateral mastectomy - straight to flat, or reconstruction, etc. I wanted the simplest surgery with the lowest chance of later recurrence or even chance of more "concerning bits," so bilateral mastectomy was my choice. I wanted one surgery and done, so reconstruction was off the table.