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DCIS first follow up since surgery in September.

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jun 4 1:27pm | Replies (37)
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@gillbell84

Hi I’m so sorry for your anxiety - it’s so hard. I have extremely dense breasts and had extensive grade 3 DCIS in left breast and opted for DXM. Between the ultrasound & diagnostic mammogram I then had an MRI due to extremely dense breasts and this informed decision for mastectomy. I would ask to prioritise MRI now because extremely dense breasts don’t always show everything on mammogram. Then you have the fullest picture possible.

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flowergal | @flowergal | May 23 1:42pm

Hi, thank you. That is exactly what I'm going to ask for.

May I ask how your recovery from DMX was? I have no family to help me except my husband. Wondering how long before you could function fairly well. I probably won't do reconstruction - soon to be 69.
Thanks for replying.

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christylv | @christylv | May 23 5:39pm

How did you have grade 3 DCIs? I thought all DCIS was grade 0? Or do you mean low grade , intermediate, or high grade?

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gardenfairy | @gardenfairy | Jun 3 10:13pm

Very sorry to hear of your struggle. I support the use of MRI over mammogram and ultrasound since the latter two are often not useful if ILC and other lesions are present in dense breasts.

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