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Newly diagnosed invasive ductal and lobular in right breast
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Hi I had DCIS at first but it had to be a mastectomy for me as the field was too large and multi foci but when they went in they found I had stage 1 IDC. The surgeon had gotten all the margins and I did not have lymph nodes invasiom. When the oncotyoe test came back I had a score of 49 so it would greatly enhance my chances of reoccurrence. So chemotherapy was suggested . Today was my first round and of course side effects have not yet kicked in.. like you I also asked my surgeon if I should remove the left breast.. her answer "why remove a perfectly healthy breast and why worry about it if there's nothing to worry about. She is so amazing. I have an excellent team .
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... and good luck with your chemo!
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Thanks for posting! I wonder how many times we get a more advanced diagnosis when a mastectomy is performed? I suppose I wouldn't remove a healthy breast if I knew it were healthy either- but I was told that my risk is 35% is for either breast given my two diseases (ductal and lobular). I wonder how many women have both ductal and lobular at the same time... I think it's great that we can post personal experiences because it helps to fill in the blanks. Of course, only a special population would sign up to do this too, so we don't know the full story but it's better than nothing!
Thanks for the hug, triciaot!