This tuff cookie is crumbling
Hi I am 46 and diagnosed 2 weeks ago with invasive ductal carsonoma and DCIS on a routine mammogram. Met my surgeon on Friday and having surgery this Wednesday. He offered me a mastectomy but said I...
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Hang in there Mel. This stuff is frightening and frustrating in equal measure. By this stage a Multi Disciplinary Team --that includes med and rad oncs and your surgeon--should have had a look at you results and will have come to some conclusion about what happens next.
Thing is, until you actually meet with the next round of specialists, should you need them, the information given to you is likely to be rather general. It pays to take each appointment and each set of results one at a time; surgeons are notorious for putting their two bobs worth in when it comes to what an oncologist should/will do and they are often wrong. False expectations are awful and I've personally wished they had all just stuck to their own area of expertise. Good luck. Mxx