Hi everyone. I’m new to the group. I have been recently diagnosed with DCIS but I’m being treated as a cancer patient as I have so much and I need a mastectomy and reconstruction I’m 41 and have 2 children who are 12 and 9. I’m scarred that I’m not going to wake up from the surgery and leave my kids. Emotionally I’m a wreck. I’m off work and don’t know if I can go back before the surgery. If anyone has any advice please share.
Hi LauraD1985
I am sorry you are going through this. It’s a big thing to go through, whether the cancer has reached the invasive stage or not. No one likes the idea of going under general anaesthetic whether you have done it before or not. The medical team will be very used to dealing with people who have these fears and I am sure will tell you that not waking up from surgery is vanishingly rare. I find getting engrossed in work or other activity is a good distraction but can quite understand that’s not right for everyone. I hope you don’t have long to wait for your surgery.
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