DCIS in situ with +ER & +PR receptors

I went through something similar as you. I had a mammogram and they found microcalcifications in clusters in BOTH. I have dense and fibrocystic tissue and I have had mammos yearly for about 20 years. I never 2 lumpectomies removed at age 22 and 27 and 3 cysts drained. I have never had micocalcifications before. I then had a stereotactic biopsy on both and was diagnosed as having DCIS on my left with microinvasion and DCIS on my right. The next step was seeing a surgeon and oncologist. The surgeon is very thorough and wants everything covered before surgery. I had a chest x-ray which was negative. I had then an MRI done and then it depends what shows up on the MRI. My MRI showed that the left with microinvasion was gone (must have been all taken care of when the stereotatic biopsy sucked me dry in that breast) and my right still showed residual. I also had thickening in lymph nodes in both armpits of my arms. I then had to have an lymph node ultrasound with possibly lymph node biopsy. Then I saw the oncologist who told me if I elect to have a lumpectomy, then I will have to have radiation every day for 6 weeks and then take tamoxifen for 5 years, or I could elect to have a double mastectomy with immediate reconstruction and that is it. Nothing else. No chemo, no radiation, no tamoxifen. I had a choices to make and I had plenty of options since having cancer in both breasts. I could have lumpectomies in both or lumpectomy in one and mastectomy in the other or both mastectomies. Here is my blog. http://www.dcisearlystage.com/2014/09/05/mammogram-results-september-2014/ I was lucky because cancer was caught early because of my yearly mammograms. You are not alone in this journey. There is a lot of information on this board. I had to be my advocate and figure out what was best for me, lumpectomies or mastectomies.