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DCIS treatments
Last Tuesday I had my lumpectomy (wide incision). Yesterday I got my results. Well the are was bigger than first thought and a few of the convicts had escaped (now its invasive) and they aren't happ...
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So many choices to make! When I was diagnosed with IDC I had the same choice as you. I pondered (agonized?) over getting rid of everything with a mastectomy, or go with the lumpectomy and radiation, and that nagging little worry it could recur. My surgeon recommended the lumpectomy but stressed he was happy with whatever decision I made. I decided on the lumpectomy, really a personal choice that fear aside, I’d rather have what I considered the less invasive procedure. Thinking of you at this time. Whatever you decide, you’ve obviously thought it through, and it will be the best for you.