Hi! I'm 36 and was diagnosed with DCIS which turned out to be over a large area (100mm).
As the DCIS area was so large and covered 75% of the breast a single mastectomy was the only option. I went for skin converserving (no option to conserve nipple), with immediate implant reconstruction. That was 2 weeks ago and its still very sore and swollen.
This week I got the lab results post the op. On a positive note the lymph nodes were clear. On a less positive note the DCIS area had no margin in parts. Meaning there is possibility the DCIS is in the skin that we conserved.
The doc is now reccomending we remove the implant and the skin to give us the safest outcome.
Having been through the surgery and finally got my head around the implant idea, I am now gutted to be having to do it again and have a result of a flat chest on one side.
Anyway the surgery date is tbc, but I would like to have it asap ro reduce overall recovery time.
Doc says after that there will be possible radio therapy afterwards too. Although I'm not clear on why radio is needed if they think they have all the cancer out?
Has anyone else gone through anything similar?
I have 3 young kids at home, so I'm trying to keep it all together but it's hard at times.
Thanks for listening 
