Increase in re-occurence after 5 years
Hi everyone,
I wanted to know if anyone else has been given the same information as me. I was diagnosed in May 2011 with Pagets Disease and DCIS and had surgery and then radiation. At the moment ...
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Hi Desley
I was diagnosed with DCIS in 2003 and had a mastectomy (no chemo/radiation) and reconstruction. Then I had another diagnosis of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in the other breast in 2010 (this time a mastectomy and reconstruction again but also chemo). Luckily for me, both times it hadn't spread. The second diagnosis was a new cancer and not a secondary.
In restropect, I wish that I had had a double mastectomy when I was first diagnosed, but I was only 35 and wasn't ready to make that sort of decision.
You have to do what is right for you. Everyone handles cancer differently and each of us has our own story. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
Louise :)