DCIS

I have read a couple of other posts this afternoon regarding DCIS and feeling like a breast cancer wanna be!  I was diagnosed in March, and had a double mastectomy and immediate reconstruction late July (I'm now 3 weeks post op).  I would like to agree with the other posts, but rather than add to the other posts, I want to create a new more recent one, to confirm that this is still the case.

Now, don't get me wrong, I have had the best of care, my biggest complaint was that the food was dry in hospital for the first 3 days (but then again, I didn't want to eat anyway), so really not an issue.

I am also lucky that I have seen friends and family go through other cancers and chemo and radiation, and am eternally grateful that I do not need any of this.  I am also thankful that I was able to have an immediate reconstruction.  I seem to be coping really well, and don't have any regrets, it would've been nice if there was nothing to be found, but there was, and it was, and it has now been removed, and technically I am cured.

It is this bit I'm struggling with most.  It's almost like I'm guilty of being healthy.  I'm still recovering from the surgery, but that will pass, and I will become healthy, but it all seems too easy, and one day, I am sure, I will fall apart, and the enormity of losing both breasts.  Who do I approach for help at that point?  Where do I go? My GP is of the belief that treatment for DCIS is not necessary, but she does not have to live inside my head every day, nor bring up two pre-pubescent girls whose breasts are developing as mine are becoming diseased.  I've fed the kids, my breasts have served their purpose and I will not let them control the rest of my life.  The cells were cancerous - it may not have been invasive, I may have been lucky enough to catch it before it spread, but it's still cancer, and I do believe it should not be dismised as inconsequential.