The first surgeon I went to told me there was nothing wrong and asked, " What do you want me to do? Stink a needle in your boob and pop your implant? " I never saw that doctor again. Go to a research team-based center. You deserve the latest, best informed information from a team, not a single individual opinion. You know when something is not right with your own body. Find the team that respects and values your input.
Further, there are a few in the cancer community that are pushing for IS/contained cancer to be monitored and not treated and no longer classified as cancer. I have followed some of the debate. But from personal experience, I am thankful that my doctor at University of Cincinnati Barrett Center, the doctor from Sloan-Kettering who recently debated on PBS News Hour as well as other medical professionals that know that cancer is cancer is cancer.
Waiting for cancer in infiltrate/invade was not a risk that needed to be "monitored" and that was a decision made with my treatment team and family. I had a bilateral mastectomy. My cancer was contained, all 18.2 x 5.4 x 3.6 cm and my path. report revealed significant changes in thee other breast. Changes related to lobular cancer, not the DCIS of the left breast.
Never gone "public" but it is time in support of treatment, acknowledgement of large institutions that know that cancer contained is cancer, and to debunk the myths and "gossip" that exist.
Support research, local organizations, and people on this journey whether it's someone that opts for preventative measures following genetic testing, removal of contained cancers, treatments that may be different than the norm, and/or a person's right to alternative measures, or to stop treatment.
Let's respect individuals, medical teams of professionals, and decisions made between patients and their care communities.
Oxford, OH