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DCIS
Hi - I was diagnosed with extensive high grade DCIS in late April and was advised that I would need a mastectomy to prevent the further onset of cancer. I find that there is little information about ...
@Hbizza thanks for sharing your thoughts. I know what you mean about feeling like a BC intruder. You’ve got cancer cells but it’s not cancer. But you’re going to still need a mastectomy. It is surreal!! Even though it is not ‘real’ breast cancer I think we qualify as being able to say we have very early breast cancer (stage 0). Otherwise when you are explaining it to someone it is too confusing and minimises what you are going through. I have had someone say oh stage 0 it’s not even cancer. Wtf? Let’s just whip off our breasts for the fun of it shall we??!