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Double mastectomy /Estrogen positive DCIS and increased arthritic pain

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 3, 2023 | Replies (13)
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… fat tissue does hold estrogen. I do not have BRCA genes. Thanks and both my surgeon and oncologist were in agreement. I have family risk factors with stroke and have some osteoarthritis (which has seemed to have flared since my surgery).

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snowdown | @snowdown | Jun 28, 2023

I saw my plastic surgeon and she advised that I was most likely over compensating with my hand since the double mastectomy / replacement surgery and that I probably felt so much better after the surgery due to the pain meds. Makes perfect sense. Also was in a car accident last July and broke my sternum. Also contributing in the same way(probably more so.)

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