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Hi cynthia,

I am also new to the site and very similar circumstances. I have had regular mammograms due to dense breasts and needle biopsies on cysts, so was suprised when my regular mammogram showed up DCIS ( geez didn't even know what that meant) but after a core biopsy (18 cores removed ) untrasounds and more mammograms I needed a lumpectomy. My surgeon took out the size of a tennis ball from my left breast and rearranged the flesh so as I didnt have a crator. approx 20 stitches from my armpit to nipple across the top of left beast. pathology found a small invasive cancer so now I am booked in for a mastectomy on 6th Oct, took approx 5 days to be relatively pain free but a month to be totally pain free, just in time to do it all again. I still wore my normal bras just rearranged things occassionally. hope this helps. chez