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I have recently been diagnosed with DCIS. I was sent for a breast check up on a lump as I was about to start HRT. This was benign, a collapsed cyst , but at the same time the physician suggested I have a mammogram to give them a base line in case I had any further issues. I received a call 2 days later to say I needed a core biopsy on my left breast.  I have had that as I had a 6cm line of microcalcifications and have now been told I have DCIS in my left breast and need an operation. They think it’s low grade but how do they no for certain. I am so worried. I am normally a very level headed person but this has knocked me for six! I know I should feel lucky, as if I hadn’t had the mammogram I wouldn’t have known and they wouldn’t have caught it early, but I don’t. I am struggling to hold it together, my kids are sitting exams so have not said anything. I’m sorry as I know so many others are suffering with so much more but I just feel so alone. 

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    Hi there

    I too was diagnosed with DCIS last year but mine was high grade and unfortunately,post op, they found invasive among it. However yours is low grade - they can tell pathology under the microscope and therefore an operation should be all that you need as I dont think they recommend radiation for low grade DCIS. The survival rate for DCIS is 100%. Of course you’re in shock - only natural and the thought of an operation is frightening but you will be in safe hands. You will get through this - promise x

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    Thank you so much for your reply Magpiemaggie. I hope you are ok. I feel awful feeling so worried when there are so many much worse than myself. Xx

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    I am fine - thanks for asking. I know how you feel, felt the same last year when first diagnosed, in fact I remember saying in my first post on this forum that I felt like a fraud. There should be no hierarchy when it comes cancer, regardless of stage, we all have to face treatment, changes to our body, impact on family and to some extent our mortality (whether justified or not). So don’t beat yourself up about it. When it came to telling family I got a study that showed them that it had a 100% survival rate and took it from there as I knew the first thing they would think was that I was going to die, unfortunately I don’t think as a society we’ve came that far in our attitude towards cancer. Anyway I’m rambling on... I and many ladies on here will say they felt better after they had a care plan in place and I suspect it will be the same for you. The operation was for me, the easiest part, no pain what so ever and a quick recovery. It’s very doable. x

     

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