Sounds familiar. I saw 4 surgeons in Florida and flew to Boston to see the best in the country. All say same thing depending on philosophy:
Breast conserving surgeons spend their lives trying to save women AND conserve breasts. They are willing to remove cancer with clean margins as many times as I need it for the rest of my life. Radiation is current protocol for DCIS. AI drugs are an option too.
In 2003, I had my first cancer removed. 2003, second surgery to get clean margin. On Tamoxifen 5 years. Side effect hysterectomy. Raloxifene 7 years. Osteoporosis from early hysterectomy. 2007 third surgery suspicious finding other breast. 2022 fourth surgery, no clear margins, now having 5th surgery to get clean margins and wait… they found another suspicious area. I am done with this slow mastectomy one chunk at a time. I am going flat !! I’d love to hear about any medical side effects from going flat. I hope I am making the right choice. ( I also heard they can make a little mound from extra fat or skin? Is it useful at all? Doc says I don’t have much fat there anyway.