I hope you don’t mind me posting
but I’m in a very confused and indecisive place. I’m at the stage of dcis intermediate 8/8 on hormones I’m 53 and clearly not gone through menopause.
I have small breasticles.
Theyve done three lumpectomies but margins are still not clear and now there’s talk of mastectomy but I wondered about watchful waiting or other options.
Can I push for a fourth go at getting the margins clear has anyone had more than three lumpectomies.
My dcis was picked up on mammogram in the form of calcifications. Diagnosed October 2021, but had calcifications a couple of years before and its probably possibly been missed. I have since changed hospital.
I’ve been asked to come back next week after yesterday’s appt to think about and discuss options and he’s said mastectomy is advised.
I have had such a trauma ending up with ptsd at the other hospital that I know he’s concerned about my emotional state and anxiety around surgery. I don’t want that to be the reason for not trying again. I am fully aware it could well end up with the same outcome and margins remain not clear but I’m only small too so my thinking is surely there can’t be much left so maybe a fourth might just get it. I was 0.8 not clear initially and went from 3 to 1.4 cm I think of calcifications. I don’t know what it is now.
I’m a bit lost with it all and want to ask others.
I equally don’t want to be given the opportunity to resolve it and then not take it and end up with invasive cancer. I’m just all over the place as it feels like I’m making a decision on something which may never happen in my lifetime but on the other hand could.
Kind regards Janey