Newly diagnosed (Recurrence after DCIS)
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Hi BeauJ
That’s a bummer about the recurrence but that’s the thing about statistics that my GP ( female) said to me when I was weighing up whether to get rid of my right breast which had no signs of cancer after my left breast required a mastectomy.
” A 10 percent chance ( of getting cancer in the other breast) might as well be 100 percent if it happens to you”.
I am so relieved to have “ gone the double” although it is of course an intensely personal decision.
I am almost 65 (63) but of course as you know “ 60 is the new 50” so it’s not that old at all…
I wish you all the best with your surgery and treatment , there is a lot of info on this website including earlier threads on all sorts of topics on this forum and no question ( or vent) is ever too silly or trivial.🌸
That’s a bummer about the recurrence but that’s the thing about statistics that my GP ( female) said to me when I was weighing up whether to get rid of my right breast which had no signs of cancer after my left breast required a mastectomy.
” A 10 percent chance ( of getting cancer in the other breast) might as well be 100 percent if it happens to you”.
I am so relieved to have “ gone the double” although it is of course an intensely personal decision.
I am almost 65 (63) but of course as you know “ 60 is the new 50” so it’s not that old at all…
I wish you all the best with your surgery and treatment , there is a lot of info on this website including earlier threads on all sorts of topics on this forum and no question ( or vent) is ever too silly or trivial.🌸