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07-07-2015
11:09
I have taken the day off work because I am in a complete state. All your kind words has completely overwhelmed me to tears. Unfortunately I have no one to support me, as I am a domestic violence survivor, and my daughters and I live in temporary accommodation. If I become unemployed owing to my health, it out my housing situation in a very precarious situation. To survive what I had & I really thought I'd bloody made it. My new job had got my career on track, and as a mum in her late 40's with three teenagers I patted myself on the back. Now with this. I am just exhausted, no one really understands. My breast care nurse support has unfortunately been non excistent, my GP is not listening to me and I just feel like I am just another 'case'. : ((( peace & love
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07-07-2015
11:04
I have taken the day off work because I am in a complete state. All your kind words has completely overwhelmed me to tears. Unfortunately I have no one to support me, as I am a domestic violence survivor, and my daughters and I live in temporary accommodation. If I become unemployed owing to my health, it out my housing situation in a very precarious situation. To survive what I had & I really thought I'd bloody made it. My new job had got my career on track, and as a mum in her late 40's with three teenagers I patted myself on the back. Now with this. I am just exhausted, no one really understands. My breast care nurse support has unfortunately been non excistent, my GP is not listening to me and I just feel like I am just another 'case'. : (((
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06-07-2015
10:35
Hi Ali1962 so kind of you to reply. I am only just realising that I seem to be on a conveyor belt. Only after reading your reply and a couple of other threads am I realising how overwhelmed I have felt. Work, teenagers and single parentdom (recently divorced) has not allowed to 'sit still'. I love my breasts, it's my best features along with my legs - so I thought of reconstruction. Yet the more I think about it, I am less inclined. I think I was reacting so 'logically' as my 'survival mode' kicked in. Only after reading have I realised that only once the Mx takes places will I know if I have cancer. I originally wanted implants, only in that 'flap' would mean more invasive surgery to my body. So far my consultations have discussed the 'process' but not about my mental, emotional state. Also the assumption has been that I would have reconstructive surgery as opposed to delaying - to give me time to catch my breath... Hence the feeling that I am on a conveyor belt. Also the fact that I donot have invasive cancer, but have a highly chance? Whoa so many emotions. : (
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06-07-2015
10:54
In May of this year I was diagnosed with the following - Examination of the tissue removed from your left breast showed an area of DCIS of high and intermediate grade measuring 23.5mm. The DCIS is associated with microcalcifications and we know that there are widespread microcalcifications in your left breast. Removal of these microcalcification would unfortunately require complete removal of the inside of your breast with immediate reconstruction if you so wished using tissue from another part of your body or a silicone implant. Some of the changes associated with microcalcifications in your breast are not DCIS but changes that often progress to DCIS. You do not have low grade DCIS. High Grade DCIS can progress into invasive breast cancer. The probability of this happening is time dependent. According to the lowest reported estimates in the medical literature the annual rate of progression into invasive cancer is 5% (5%per year) but some evidence supports the view that this may be much higher perhaps as high as 10% per year. In addition, you must take into account the fact that there is an approximately 10% chance that this DCIS has already formed an invasive breast cancer in the rest of your breast that we have not been able to locate with our scans. Therefore the chance of you having invasive breast cancer one year from now is approximately 15-20%. " I have had minimal support from the a Brest care nurse to the point where there is no nurse available. In a nutshell I Completely overwhelmed, and feel that my mastectomy is unnecessary. Any thoughts feedback would be most helpful. The surgeon provided further to the above & in the end I feel I am being railroaded when I asked if I could have another examination in a year (from May 2015). Peace & Love
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