Thank you thats good advice 

I was diagnosed with DCIS almost 12 months ago now.  I was told that DCIS is totally contained in the milk duct, is non invasive, is not life threatening and is totally treatable. I never lost sight of this and totally trusted my medical team. If you're unlucky enough to get breast cancer then these are all the things you want to hear.

I had a wide local incision (lumpectomy) in January followed by a course of radiotherapy (15 sessions) over February and March.

I kept a diary and just wrote my feelings in it whenever I felt like it. I came across it the other day and much of what I wrote now seems like a distant memory which shows just how far I've come in a few short months.

I feel incredibly lucky that my cancer was found so early and am now considered cured. In fact my surgeon said that when my treatment was finished I would be cured. They don't say that easily with cancer.

Take each day at a time and give youself the time to come to terms with your diagnosis. I found that talking about it helped me. People don't know how to react so I found that jumping in about it straight away got it out of the way and you can then talk about all the normal things.

There is a 99% survival rate after 10 years so the prognosis for this type of cancer is excellent.

I now have the reassurance of an annual mammogram for 5 years and I am on a patient led follow up programme so I have a direct contact immediately if I have the slightest worry about anything.

I ran the Race for Life in July, celebrated my 70th Birthday and Golden Wedding anniversary this year and still have a lot of living to do.

I hope my experience will give you some reassurance and I wish you well for a happy and healthy future. x