How long between diagnosis and surgery/treatment

I was diagnosed May 6th and double mx SNB 6/1 - my BS said to get the DCIS out because of size 6cm and grade- sooooo many appts between MRI another biopsy, xrays, labs, etc...nothing seemed slow or really was it..... I would be doubting too Kelli....

Was diagnosed in Sept, then a couple of months of byopsies, mri, etc. As a teacher we scheduled the LX for the holiday recess. Didn't get clear margins, but was only DCIC still. Had a second LX before end of holiday recess...but still not clean margins. So had to WAIT for the MX until June and went on Arimidex during these months to ward off any spread...and there wasn't any spread.

So diagnosed in Sept and didn't have MX until following June. If truly DCIS it is slow moving, especially with aid of Arimidex.

Kelligirl5 - I opted for a double BMX because I'm a high health anxiety person. The stress of the diagnosis then the scare of the two benign masses on the healthy breast made me not ever want to deal with this again or at least minimize the chances as much as possible. I didn't want radiation and felt there were too many unknowns with tamoxifen or how it would affect my body to have to take it for 5 years. I couldn't do diep reconstruction as I don't have enough body fat. Direct to implant was great because it eliminated the need for a second surgery. I was able to get silicone implants at the same time as the mastectomy. If it's an option for you it would be worth looking into.

I believe both radiation and tamoxifen are required or just standard with a lumpectomy.

HI I am also worried about long wait on March 15th I had what they said was a very supivious mamogram, it then took me until April 29th to get biopsy, another two weeks for those results, DCIS high grade comedo type, which from reading on here is the fast growing kind, then I saw breast cancer doctor on May 1rst, then saw surgeon on May 15th, now because if my rare leukemia that makes surgery dangerous, breast surgeon wants me to see a hemotologist, they called today and said earliest I can see him is July 2nd, then surgeon said I need to see a allergist don't know date for that, so here it is at least 4 months wait that I know, i am so worried of this getting out of milk ducts, it is making me sick with worry, as they really want know from what I read here if it is pure DCIS until they do surgery and check the nodes, so yes worried sick. I asked doctor to do a double mastcetomy but she said because of my rare diseases that was not a option, she only wanted to do a lumpectomy, but I said I was not budging on that ,as I read to much on here of people having to go back and I told her because of my rare disease I would not be able to do radiation so she agreed to single mastcetomy of right breast, because I am ashkenazi jew she is doing the BRCA 1 and 2 test, I am ER negative, PR undeterminate, So how long is to long? AND how worried should I be? How many others on here have had 5 months or so wait and it did not spread, help my nerve's on this or I will be to sick for surgery when they ever get around to do it, I am going to Georgia cancer center a university teaching hospItal, that is in Augusta Georgia and supposed to be a good place but this wait is not good and scaring the he'll out of me

thank you moth I am a VA patient so every doctor has to be approved for payment before I can see them, I did call nurse navigater today and I am waiting for a reply, I asked my son should I get another doctor but he said then I would go back to step one, so you are right I will need to try to move them along, I was just reading that DCIS is slow growing and that gives me small comfort because mine is high grade comedo type I did get some clonazepam from primary care today and doctor said that will help my nerve's and I agreed with her but said I don't think it will help my breast, so tommorow I will start putting my foot down to move this along, it helps having people like you and this forum to talk to