Breast total duct excision

Back in June I started having bleeding from my nipple and found a lump in my breast, my go quickly referred me to the breast clinic where they did a ultrasound on the lump and I was examined by a specialist nurse. They were happy the lump was just glandular tissue and sent me merrily on my way .But then I was called 6 weeks later for review with a consultant. She announced that even though the lump is nothing to worry about, the discharge is concerning and she wants to do a total excision of all the ducts in that breast as this is the only way to find out what is causing the discharge/bleeding and as cancer is a possible cause it needed to be done to rule this out.  So I’m booked in for this in a few weeks. I’m really worried. About the procedure, the recovery, the scaring and the waiting for the results! I’m only 38 and really struggling to deal with my emotions at the minute. Finding myself very weepy. Has anyone else had this procedure? 

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  • Hello Littlestar78,

    I hope you will meet others on the forum who have had a total duct excision. I did a little search for you to see if I could find others who had had the procedure before and I found for example [@Nix81]‍ who mentioned in this thread that she had had a total duct excision in January 2018. Feel free to respond to her thread and I hope she will drop by here and share her experience with you.

    I hope the procedure goes well for you - waiting for results is indeed very stressful but you will be in good company here on the forum as so many others here have experienced this long wait and know exactly how you will be feeling.

    I would also suggest you contact Breast Cancer Care - you can find out their details here and I am sure they will be able to give you some detailed information on what to expect and answer any questions you may have.

    Keep us updated we'd love to hear from you again.

    Best wishes,

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

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  • Hello Littlestar78,

    I hope you will meet others on the forum who have had a total duct excision. I did a little search for you to see if I could find others who had had the procedure before and I found for example [@Nix81]‍ who mentioned in this thread that she had had a total duct excision in January 2018. Feel free to respond to her thread and I hope she will drop by here and share her experience with you.

    I hope the procedure goes well for you - waiting for results is indeed very stressful but you will be in good company here on the forum as so many others here have experienced this long wait and know exactly how you will be feeling.

    I would also suggest you contact Breast Cancer Care - you can find out their details here and I am sure they will be able to give you some detailed information on what to expect and answer any questions you may have.

    Keep us updated we'd love to hear from you again.

    Best wishes,

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

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