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What did you wish you asked?
Hi there, I'm new to this network so not sure if this is the right way to go about it. I'm 33 and got diagnosed with DCIS in late November, had a mastectomy and reconstruction in December and have ...
Sorry to see you here, @Miss_L Welcome to the Blog - you are in the right spot to ask any question you think of. That's a bit of a shock, so early in your marriage!
There is a 'Young Women's group (to the right hand side of the page - that you may like to join ..... where you'll be able to ask more specific questions as well - it is a closed group, so not open to the public to read.
Has your Radiation Oncologists give you the 'percentage advantage' that having radiation may give you of hopefully not having a recurrence? I can't remember what I was told - other than it would be in my best interests to have it done - but that chemo wasn't on the table. So I got off lightly compared to some.
So I had the Rads .... and I am now on Hormone Tablets as well, even tho it only gives me a 1% reduction in the likelihood of recurrence ......
As @Wonk says - ask them what they would suggest if it was their mother, wife or sister ....
All the best with this decision making xxx
PS Whereabouts are you (city/town) - we may have members there who know of all the resources available to you.
There is a 'Young Women's group (to the right hand side of the page - that you may like to join ..... where you'll be able to ask more specific questions as well - it is a closed group, so not open to the public to read.
Has your Radiation Oncologists give you the 'percentage advantage' that having radiation may give you of hopefully not having a recurrence? I can't remember what I was told - other than it would be in my best interests to have it done - but that chemo wasn't on the table. So I got off lightly compared to some.
So I had the Rads .... and I am now on Hormone Tablets as well, even tho it only gives me a 1% reduction in the likelihood of recurrence ......
As @Wonk says - ask them what they would suggest if it was their mother, wife or sister ....
All the best with this decision making xxx
PS Whereabouts are you (city/town) - we may have members there who know of all the resources available to you.