met with a consultant today, it was a bit strange, all he said was the DCIS has to be cut out and as there are no lumps this will take a half ball size out of each breast. Other than that he was more interested in reconstructive surgery. He’s proposing a breast reduction to hide the gaps created by the removal of DCIS (although he said there was a 15% chance he would not get the margins) or double mastectomy with implants. I have been given a couple of weeks to decide. I don’t feel I have enough information to decide. I’m more interested in the DCIS and it’s risks, future risks, future treatment of risk than what my breasts will look like.
So I have been left with two choices, but I think I’d rather have a 3rd i.e. area removed and lived with the gaps for years and if it came back then straight in for double mastectomy, but what are the risks sssociated with that?
im confused.
