Stage 1, now high grade DCiS

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njmae
njmae Member Posts: 48
edited June 2014 in Second or Third Breast Cancer

I had a lumpectomy 3 years ago for a 7 mm, mostly tubular cancer in my right breast. Now I have a 3.5 cm (yikes!) DCIS, comedo type (more yikes) in my left breast. I have an appointment with the surgeon on Tuesday. I am so sick of aspirations, needle biopsies, excisional biopsies, lumpectomies, etc. that I just can't bear more. I want them off. No radiation. I am just plain mad. I have eaten enough broccoli sprouts for a lifetime, hardly any wine, and hauled my ass out in sub-zero weather for exercise. Taking Arimidex which is a horror in itself. I just feel like I can't catch a break with this disease, but I know many would say I have caught a break. I am still living. But I just feel a sense of doom.  Do you just feel like you're waiting for the other shoe to drop?  I feel like such a whiner.

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  • SDTrainer
    SDTrainer Member Posts: 10
    edited January 2014

    Aw, you're not a whiner, I am!  For me it was LCIS five years ago, then IDC almost two years ago and now DCIS.  I'm having a DMX in two weeks.  Just trying to figure out if I should go for the sorta immediate reconstruction or not.  Two surgeons advise against cuz I had radiation. but plastic surgeon says it's okay.  I'm weary of it all, also weary of just making decisions.  And, I don't have a quiet home life because my youngest son has autism.  So I'm already dreading recovery.  See?  I'm the whiner!  : )

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  • bluepearl
    bluepearl Member Posts: 961
    edited February 2014

    No you are NOT a whiner! This is a scary disease and when you get it twice, especially, you really start distrusting your body and waiting for the show to fall as you say. I feel like my cats when I take them to the vet....want to hide under the bed! Fortunately DCIS isn't invasive but I'd think about Mastectomy. I have had two. You adapt. I am grateful for ANY positive things but it is truly hard to keep this way on this journey. My best to both of you.

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