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Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?
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@phillypeach515 & @rarelybees2889 ,
I have also read about the " wait and see monitor method" of DCIS. My DCIS was intermediate grade and once the pathology from my lumpectomy came back, it showed that I had 4 microinvasions. Which means that had I chose to not act on it, within the year it would have broken through my milk duct and I would have been stage 1. The microinvasions were already so close to breaking through that I must admit that scared me. In only 365 of my mammogram the DCIS developed, so had I waited even longer I'd be in a whole other conversation. My surgeon urged me to do a lymph node removal to be 100% sure nothing actually did break through and that she got it all. I was all for being 100% positive so I had my sentinal node removed to be tested as well.
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Thank God you went and did the right thing and not waited around. I've noticed it on a website and on YouTube. There is a lot of information floating around and most people might follow along because they may think they're in the same situation, and it's like your mind is playing tricks on you. I am truly blessed because I am 63 and haven't had a Mammo in 15 years and made that decision to make an appointment. I was thinking stupid telling my Dr Oooh what I don't know, don't hurt. And I am so happy I called and made that appointment because this could of spread, and only God knows how long it has been sitting there. What I am saying is at the end of the day, you are the one that has to make that decision when it comes to your life. I'm waiting on the date now when to start my Radiation, which she said 3 weeks and 5 days out of the week. Also going to be on the medication for 5 years and then I need to have more surgery done making my left breast the size of my right breast that had the cancer. I will keep you and everyone dealing with cancer, along with other Illness in my prayers. Always!