DCIS with no clear margin-what to do?

Hi Hynda

As the girls have said above, it really is a decision only you can make, and everyone's feelings about their breasts is different.  I had a 16cm lump that I could feel and whilst my surgeon suggested lumpectomy and radiation - I insisted that I have a bilateral mastecomy.  Sure at 40 this was radical but 7 years ago my mum had a single mastecomy without recon and I promised myself that if I ever contracted this damn disease that I would remove them both (as this is something she wishes she had done)....the pathology after surgery showed that my decision was timely as there was another small tumor and pre- malignant cells in the other breast that the MRI and mammogram did not detect.  The other thing you have to consider is your current relationship with your breasts.  In all honesty I felt no sense of loss or remorse when they were removed.  I did not have a great deal of sensation in them and they were not a very big part of my sexual being.They were enormous during puberty for me and a great source of angst and I was very self conscious.  With both babies they let me down and I had all sorts of trouble with my milk.  They ended up very stretched and saggy.  So it was not really sad to see them go.  I like my new reconstructed breasts and are enjoying wearing shoestring tops and strapless tops, something I rarely wore before.  Sure - if given a choice I would have the old girls back - but I didn't choose cancer it chose me........Good luck with your decision, I am sure you will make the right one for you

x Liz