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DCIS is a Cancer and Don't let anybody tell you it's not. In 1996 I was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, DCIS, Ductal Incarcenoma In Situ, whish means a localized Cancer. My cancer was contained in the milk ducts and as far as my surgeon was concerned not serious at all and just a lumpendectomy and some radiation and I would be fine. Well I had a partial mastecomy after that and a couple of bioplsies becuase I kept getting signs of calcifications on my mammogram follow ups. Then it happened not even two years later a reoccurance of my cancer but a higher grade, now I had to make some decisions more peices off my breast or take off the breast. Well they took magnified veiws to discover I had another type of cancer starting up in the right breast also, my cancer started in the left I should say. The cancer in the right was LCIS which is Lobular cancer in situ. now it was in the lobs of the breast not as serious as ductal carcenoma and all still a pre cancer but they are treating ...1068 days ago
All I did was ask what was my status? Assuming they had already did this test long ago, or they couldn't be making decisions about my cancer therapy. Was I wrong, the doctor says, oh yes they have to be here just hang on a minute I will look through your chart for the results and see. While I just knew in my heart they weren't there, but why did I have to be right again? She couldn't find the results, so she ordered this test for my Her 2/neu status, now this test will tell them if my cancer is more aggressive or if it happens to start getting so aggressive can I be offered Herceptin, Only 25% of Breast Cancer Patients are postive keep this in mind. I wait two months the results come in and the doctor tells me they came in but nothing on it. I wonder how can a big hospital make a mistake like that this is Hamilton hospital nothing to sneeze at, I mean this test can't be done in the hospital it has to be done on the original tumour or lucky for me I have ...1154 days ago
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"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." Anthony J. D'Angelo "We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do." Mother Teresa of Calcutta1166 days ago
Dear breastcancer.org Community Member: Are there questions you've had that our previous Ask-the-Expert conferences haven't answered? Then this is the conference for you. Have you ever needed to know: How your mother's breast cancer affects your own risk? How to manage hot flashes resulting from hormonal therapy? If yoga can really help reduce stress? What Reiki is all about? If there's any way to balance radiation treatments, follow-up appointments, your job, and your family's needs? Join the conference next Wednesday, September 20th between 8:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)* (1:30 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. GMT September 21st), where Dr. Ruth Oratz and Dr. Beth Baughman DuPree will answer your questions. We'll try to include as many of your questions as we can during the 90-minute conference. Ruth Oratz, M.D., F.A.C.P., our guest speaker, is a medical oncologist and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York University ...
