So scared

When I was diagnosed with DCIS seven years ago at age 40 (seven years ago), I would have had a mastectomy after the first lumpectomy. I wear a size 12B bra and amoungst all the information that I was given with my diagnosis, no where did it state that your breast may not look normal after a lumpectomy. I had four surgeries at fortnightly intervals. The last was a mastectomy with an implant reconstruction. I was offered the option of an implant as although getting a clear margin from DCIS was proving difficult, my small sized dcis and low grade cancer combined with being young and small breasted made me a good candidate. So if you need more than one lumpectomy, save yourself the stress, time and cost of subsequent surgeries to get a clear margin and have the mastectomy. Within a year of the surgery swelling going down more cancer was found on the scar. Two more surgeries and radiotherapy followed but that's another story. As is the lump I had removed yesterday and await the verdict. Good luck!