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Dcis , mastectomy and reconstruction having to wait a few months?
Hi everyone Just after some advice please , I feel very confused . I saw the surgeon in Wollongong last week and he said I need to have a mastectomy asap (right breast 2 biopsies dcis , mammogram sh...
Hi,
When I was diagnosed with DCIS and some very early invasive carcinoma last year, I asked the breast surgeon if we could schedule the surgery for 10 weeks from that date (I had a lot of work commitments, and also felt I needed time to get my head around what was going to be right for me etc). Because of the type of cancer it was, and the fact we got it so early, the surgeon was willing to schedule the surgery for that time. Funnily enough, when I met with her she said "I understand, you feel like you need to control this cancer". Mind you, she wouldn't have agreed to the time frame if she felt it was unsafe.
Meantime, she put me on Tamoxifen - so I was on that for the time leading up to mastectomy.
I am happy I did it this way, as it meant I could get most of my ducks in a row. But, again, if she hadn't thought it was safe for me to do so, I wouldn't have.
Nikki
When I was diagnosed with DCIS and some very early invasive carcinoma last year, I asked the breast surgeon if we could schedule the surgery for 10 weeks from that date (I had a lot of work commitments, and also felt I needed time to get my head around what was going to be right for me etc). Because of the type of cancer it was, and the fact we got it so early, the surgeon was willing to schedule the surgery for that time. Funnily enough, when I met with her she said "I understand, you feel like you need to control this cancer". Mind you, she wouldn't have agreed to the time frame if she felt it was unsafe.
Meantime, she put me on Tamoxifen - so I was on that for the time leading up to mastectomy.
I am happy I did it this way, as it meant I could get most of my ducks in a row. But, again, if she hadn't thought it was safe for me to do so, I wouldn't have.
Nikki