Diagnosed yesterday

Hi FD, what a dreadfully long wait you have had to endure. It is so not fair that 7 weeks has lapsed and you still don't know for sure what you are dealing with. I guess they just want to be really sure before doing the mastectomies. If it is coming up as borderline DCIS, it has obviously been caught very early, which is good news for you, and the waiting, whilst hard on you, is unlikely to put you at risk of further spread, since it is contained. However, we all understand your anxiety, and the need to have a result, as we have all had to play that waiting game. My first wait was a week, but because I was told it looked only like a small cyst, I wasn't even the slightest bit worried, WRONG. The second wait, just prior to my precautionary 2nd mastectomy, was 2 days, and this felt like the longest 2 days of my life. This lump looked highly suspicious, but turned out to be benign. I still went with the mastectomy though, as the anxiety about future cancers that were invisible on mammograms were too great. My bilateral reconstructions are now complete (silicone), and I am happy. I have had chemo, but no radiotherapy, and like you, I really hoped to avoid it by choosing mastectomy, and though the Dr couldn't be 100% without the pathology report, he thought it unlikely that I would need it. I am taking Femara now for a period of about 7 to 10 years, as my cancer was heavily hormone positive. Good luck with all your waiting, and I hope you get the answers you need really soon. We are all here to support one another, and share anxieties and fears. It does help alot. Love Chris xx