Newbie

I was diagnosed in Sept 2011 with DCIS and decided on a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction due to my genes even though it was only detected in one of my breasts.  I think it depends on the type of DCIS you have as I think they picked up mine early before it became invasive.

It took my husband and I a couple of months before we were comfortable saying that I had breast cancer or even telling people.  We avoided answering questions for quite some time.  It didn't feel right saying I had breast cancer given that others have to go through the chemo and I didn't but it is still a form of breast cancer.

Everyone handles the news in different ways and I went through all the emotions at different times eg angry, why me?, upset, frustrated, elated, confused.  You are often overloaded with information too and feel overwhelmed.  We had a lot of support from doctors/ psychologists/ family etc and talked to lots of people before we came to our decision which was not easy.

Take each day as it comes and work out what you want.