Hi, this is my first post. I recently had a recall for my first mammogram and following a repeat mammogram and biopsy, was diagnosed on Thursday. I feel quite numb and I'm not sure that its fully sunk in - I've had a few tears but I honestly don't quite feel that its real. I'm also feeling really confused. The biopsy has shown DCIS with some invasive cancer. I believe the consultant said this was about 1.8cm but I'm not sure. He talked briefly about breast conserving surgery (within a couple of minutes of telling me it was cancer - which I wasn't expecting) as though I would have already had some thoughts on this. I was then told that there is another area they've found which is around 5cm away from the DCIS & invasive area - so before they can get a treatment plan together, I need another biopsy. A breast care nurse took us (me and hubby) into the consulting room but she didn't really say a lot, and was very quietly spoken. I think I missed some of what of was said (I am hard of hearing, plus am just recovering from an ear infection which affected my hearing even more). I did advise them of this and that i couldn't hear very well but this didn't make any difference.
It probably doesn't really matter but I keep wondering where the other area of concern has come from. When I had the recall mammogram they showed me the results of the mammogram on a screen and where they were taking the biopsy from. There was nothing like that on Thursday. Am I able to ask for explanations in writing so its a bit clearer, I'm strugglign to process? Sorry for the babble - I'm sat here with hubby on a nightshift going over it all so felt the need just to offload. Thank you.
