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Age 50-59
Interview 28  

Interview 28

Age at Interview: 52
Background: A teacher, married with 2 adult children.
Brief outline:Had first routine mammogram at age 52. Was diagnosed with DCIS. Questioned need for surgery. Researched alternatives and sought counselling. Decided to accept mastectomy and reconstruction 6 months after diagnosis.

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Says women diagnosed with DCIS should allow themselves time before making any treatment choices.

 



And if it is DCIS I think I would say don't agree to anything until you're ready and make yourself ready by whatever means you feel you need. It might be counselling or it might be research or it might be talking to friends. Take, don't feel as I did very strongly, bullied is too a strong word, but certainly railroaded on to a process that I wasn't ready for. And I think its important that you are doing it because you've decided to do it and not because you, if you agree to a mastectomy, you decide that yourself. And it's not just because the doctor, the weight of medical opinion, the authority of the doctors pushed you in to that decision before you are ready.
Jenni Murray - Cancer
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