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Re: I'm not hideously disfigured...
My surgeon cut under the boob for removal. The result is it looks like I have one eye open (the remaining boob) and one is winking. I chuckle each time I look in the mirror and see my chest winking at me.
Re: On Our Walks
Not actually sure @jennyss - but it is common - a pea variety - and it is on a very pickly and nasty bush that can grow about 7ft tall.
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Mastectomy due to DCIS
I was diagnosed with high grade DCIS (3.7 cm) and I had a lumpectomy followed by 5 weeks radiation therapy. I went back for my annual mammogram this October and lo and behold, the cancer ( high grade DCIS) is back, this time 1.4cm. The doctors have recommended a mastectomy of the affected breast as they have said I cannot have lumpectomy this time around partly beacuse they wont be able to administer radiation. I totally understand the fact that having a recurrence of high grade DCIS within 12 months puts me at high risk of developing invasive breast cancer but I feel that a mastectomy is a bit 'overkill' as intervention for 1.4cm DCIS. Would love to hear from anyone that has had a similar experience. I am confused, frustrated, angry, anxious and a lot of other emotions that I cant categorise...pls help - TIA