Because I'd been hearing that maybe people thought I didn't actually have cancer, I thought I better explain. This is the easiest cancer I can imagine having because it has not spread. (The terminology for that is either "in situ" or "Stage Zero.")
I did a bunch of internet searching for Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS) when I first got the diagnosis 7/20. A lot of the info seemed to be saying it's not cancer. Huh? Then what does "carcinoma" mean? After talking to the pathologist and the surgeon I must say it's still not black and white. It's considered by some to be not cancer because it hasn't spread from the lobe. But I was also told there are different definitions of cancer. Which leaves me in a gray area.
Bottom line, my surgeon says that no matter what, if I'm ever "in a group where the leader asks who has had breast cancer to raise their hand," I'm one of the ones who get to raise their hand. That seems pretty clear, eh?
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