Breast Cancer Now Forum

Yes I'm grateful for the screening that picked it up , my surgeon said it's unlikely to have gone to the lymph nodes and unlikely I'll need chemotherapy, though I still need a mastectomy as large area of DCIS, I'm just petrified of the final histology results , yes the waiting is pure torture, and I'm panicking what if the surgeon is wrong , GP has put me on diazapam to help calm me down 🤢 ... View more

Thank you so much ladies for your advice and support, it is helping me cope , I'm still very much in the mind of having both breasts off , then maybe reconstruction in year or so, I'm just terrified of DCIS developing in the other breast, I'm struggling really about the results of the histology after my mastectomy, its the 8mml invasive cancer that is scaring me more than the DCIS, it's stage one grade 2, and I'm terrified of it recurring in the future, is it normal to have these feelings? 🤢 ... View more

Yes I'm 48 soon to be 49 , so I'm not overly concerned to have both breasts off , if they will agree to that , I've had many surgeries in the past , hip surgery in childhood, then hip replacement at 44, hysterectomy at 46, I'm really tired of surgery and would wish to get both breasts off on one go , I'd be happy with a padded bra really , did you have chemotherapy? Are you on tamoxifan? They said it's unlikely I'll need chemo but it's still at the back of my mind until the final results are in, I'm really scared to be truthful, I think they said my invasive cancer is grade 2, stage one, did you have sentinel node sampling? I'm dreading that as I'm told your arm hurts ? 🤢 ... View more

Hi conorchloe Thank you for your reply , my surgery is next week, it's a wide area of DCIS and an 8mm invasive cancer, that's what the ultrasound picked up, my surgeon said it's unlikely that I will need chemotherapy, I hope she's right , I have actually decided not to have reconstruction and have requested the other breast off , but they said they don't want to remove the healthy breast for no reason , I've had a lot of surgery in the past omy hips and really don't fancy any more , plus I have severe health anxiety and I'm worried it may develop in the healthy breast , my surgeon said she will consider removing the other breast once they are sure I'm of sound mind , I just don't know what to do , I know an implant may look and feel different from my other breast , I'd have to have an expander fitted during surgery for weeks then after 6 months they would do the reconstruction, I don't think I can face all that , I'm leaning more towards both off , I'm.48 and it was a shock to be told I have intermediate and high grade DCIS and 8mm invasive cancer grade 2, I'm terrified of what the pathology will find and if I'll need chemo, surgeon says it's unlikely, I'm just in a dark place right now and feeling really scared . I guess if I have both breasts off my risk of recurrence will be extremely low 🤢 ... View more