Your head must be spinning with all the info you received from both docs! I know I felt that way.

My breast surgeon recommended a book which I found very useful: “Breasts, An Owner’s Manual” by Dr. Kristi Funk. I was able to get it from my library but later bought a used copy. I’ve referred back to it many times.

I concur with the advice to bring someone with you to doc visits if you can. It’s too much info to absorb, especially as it’s normal to be in a panic about this.

I’ve had a lumpectomy for left breast DCIS, completed radiation and am not going to take the AIs. My radiation plan also used the deep inhalation (assisted by a machine, the “ABC” method) in order to keep the radiation as far as possible from my heart.

Take deep breaths and try to keep calmer. You will get through this! I found it took some time to go through the steps of the process—more detailed imaging after the first calcification sighting, a biopsy, an MRI…and then finally surgery, a few weeks of healing and then radiation. We are so fortunate to have all these things available to us, including this forum. Wishing you a successful journey through all of it—like many here have had!