Pathology report

Anonymous

This post is not to scare anyone, but just to tell you the next steps in my journey with LCIS.

As some of you know, I made the decision to have a PBMX based on my LCIS and other risk factors.  After 6 years of careful watching, I went ahead with it.  The surgery was performed on June 14'th and went fine.  I'm a couple of days post op and doing fine.  Pain is not that bad and reconstruction was started as a part of the surgery.

Today I received my pathology report.  I think I remained at least a tad ambivalent about my decision to to forward with my PBMX until the morning of the surgery-but I went ahead with it-with LOTS of support from family, friends and ladies here.  My BS called today with my path report.  I had a hx. of LCIS (two excisions positive for it) in the right breast, dense breast tissue and some family history.  My BRAC testing is scheduled because now they are worried about my ovaries, but I haven't had it done yet.  My path report came back positive for DCIS in my LEFT breast (no previous positive findings there, and had just had a needle biopsy about 2 months ago in that breast) and some small positive spots in my right breast.  Basically, my surgeon said: "you should go to bed tonight with a smile on your face, because you made the right decision".  She thought if I hadn't had the surgery, I would be facing another, perhaps more difficult decision in the coming year or so.

Again, I am not sharing this to scare anyone, but to remind you all that LCIS is often a "precursor" to other types of breast cancer and whether you decide to do surgery or not, careful monitoring is a MUST.

  Pat

rc778

So happy for you Pat.  I decided on a BMX for dcis in my left breast.  My path report showed lcis in my right side.  Although I knew that the BMX was the right decision for me, finding out about the lcis confirmed my decision just a little more.  Best of luck. 

Anonymous

Pat---I'm sorry to hear there was DCIS, but I'm so glad they found it  and not any invasive bc. I really do admire you--it took courage to go forward with the surgery. Why are they concerned about your ovaries? (any ovarian cancer in your family?)

anne 

trishm01254

Hi Pat,

I have been doing the close monitoring for LCIS found after lumpectomy.  I was wondering if you used the St Francis BC?  I'm from Meriden and have been going there for about 2 years now.

Trish

DocBabs

Hi Pat, I could have posted the same thing! CLOSE monitoring for 3 years for ALH and LCIS in one breast then WHAMMO...........I have not only LCIS but ADH, DCIS and IDC.All this found when I went to see the breast surgeon for a small lesion that I felt in my breast( that turned out to be a calcified fibroademoma)and a mammo showed an area of new calcifications.Mind you, my mammo 6 months earlier as well as my MRI 2 months earlier were negative. I had a BMX with TEs. THe left bt=reast which was always negative on everything had LCIS. When I first joined this site I'd read about women having PBMX for LCIS and thinking that they were way overreacting. In hindsite, I not only apologize but wished I'd had the guts to join them.

Barbara

KellyMaryland

Hi Pat. I'm so sorry to read about your pathology report but glad that you are feeling well post-op.

Kelly