Lumpectomy w/wire localization this week, no one to talk to

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  • Lolo62
    Lolo62 Member Posts: 8
    edited July 2018

    I am scheduled for wire localization and surgery tomorrow! My DCIS is 4cm. I have 4 markers 3 that were placed a couple of days ago. I am looking forward to this phase being over! Any advise to make the day go smoother is appreciated.

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  • Marymc86
    Marymc86 Member Posts: 102
    edited July 2018

    I thought the wire localization was very easy. Also, my lumpectomy went very well, too. It will go just fine. Try to relax and trust the medical team.

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  • Sandy71
    Sandy71 Member Posts: 15
    edited July 2018

    I was nervous before my wire localization too but it was not so bad. Hardest part was staying still while in compression while they did the mammo. I had no pain and the wire wasn't as scary as I thought. It was pretty small. The radiologist who placed my wire was great and explained everything as he was doing it. I'm sure your's will too. Try to distract yourself while waiting with a book, magazine, game on your phone etc.... You can do this!

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  • Ellyn27
    Ellyn27 Member Posts: 147
    edited July 2018

    I too was worried but it ended up being no biggy. I think I probably talked the entire time to the nurses (I do that when I get nervous) and it went pretty quick. My lumpectomy went well also. I went home with a large bandage wrapped all around my chest and back. I didn't need any pain meds at all. I went braless for a few days but being on the large side, I then bought a sports bra and found that alot more comfortable. Think positive thoughts and don't stress. You got this!!

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  • Irishgirl711
    Irishgirl711 Member Posts: 104
    edited August 2018

    Helli, DCIS sisters!

    I am in a different DCIS situation. I was diagnosed with stage 0 DCIS, <1cm, hormone negative last year. I had a lumpectomy, and sentinel node removal with clean lines and no node involvement.

    I had a SAVI brachytherapy device inserted, as a “just in case” radiation treatment.

    After a year of healing and good health, I happily went to my follow up mammograms and doctor appointments.

    I did not feel like a cancer survivor either, since I had “non invasive DCIS” and I knew too many other women who had BMX, Chemo, and went through much worse than I did.

    But, one year later, my mammogram once again showed “microcalcifications” that needed a biopsy.

    You guessed it. I have recurrence of DCIS. Talk about being blindsided!

    I thought I was done. I did everything that was suggested.

    Thankfully, the SAVI was targeted radiation and I won’t need a mastectomy this time, either.

    I will need full breast radiation.

    The fact is, they don’t know when or if DCIS will become invasive.

    Trust me, anybody who has DCIS has cancer. It is “carcinoma”, after all.

    I think I have to start a new blog: DCIS recurrence after SAVI, because it happened to me after only one year. Not the same area, mind you, but the same breast, and I am back to square one.


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  • Ellyn27
    Ellyn27 Member Posts: 147
    edited August 2018

    Irishgirl71 - I'm so sorry you have to go thru this again. I had my annual physical the other day and told my dr that even though mine was DCIS, you still go thru all the emotions, surgery, radiation or chemo, the followup meds and all the worries about whether it will come back. So I agree with you ... it IS cancer. I didn't know you could get radiation on the same breast. I pray all goes well for you and you nip this thing in the butt. All the doctors, all the frustration. I hate cancer. I had my mammogram last week and go for my followup with my breast surgeon this week.Staying positive.

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