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Many of us have both taken off. (We have a legal right to symmetry apparently.) I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858770/

Discussion: Mastectomy instead of lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 12, 2023

@windyshores Thank you for your response. I am also going flat and I am encouraged by...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/794419/

Discussion: Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 9, 2023

Hi, I had a bilateral mastectomy just one month ago. We purchased a Lazyboy recliner. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/70649/

Discussion: electric recliner chair and breast cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 4, 2020

I'm a caregiver, and in the year before I had my own breast cancer diagnosis, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1069164/

Discussion: Who Else Has Decided NOT To Have Implants or Reconstructive Surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 16, 2024

I’m 63, couldn’t take some meds due to history of massive saddle pe & dvt. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/960770/

Discussion: Conflicted on taking medication

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 7, 2023

Does anyone know about seromas after lymph node biopsy(was negative) I has been aspirated 7 times....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/956330/

Discussion: I came through the surgery just fine!

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 30, 2023

My doctor did not recommend reconstruction or not. She simply told me honestly what would be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067993/

Discussion: Who Else Has Decided NOT To Have Implants or Reconstructive Surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 14, 2024

Sounds familiar. I saw 4 surgeons in Florida and flew to Boston to see the best...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/775077/

Discussion: Conflicting surgical opinions? What now?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 19, 2022

I am so glad you brought this topic up. I had a double mastectomy in December....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864855/

Discussion: Anyone feel devasted about how you look & feel? And guilty too?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 22, 2023

I had one implant placed after right side mastectomy. It has been in place since early...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/699652/

Discussion: Surgery to Remove Silicone Gel Inplants: What was your experience?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 16, 2022

I had ILC in one breast and I also had IDC in the other breast. That...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1016946/

Discussion: Feelings on going “flat”.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 16, 2024

Hi Chris, I've been flat for two days with very bad uncontrollable diarhoea. Really battled for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1161671/

Discussion: Orange peel skin...22 years post diagnosis 8 years post last surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 23, 2024

I am so sorry to hear about her bad experience. I went to Mayo in MN,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/835025/

Discussion: Any tips on preparation for surgery, expanders to implants?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 31, 2023

I am a 54 yr old female considering a Total Mastectomy without any breast reconstruction. Divorced...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/48054/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy without Reconstruction Recovery Timeline

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 6, 2020

@basslakebabe19 I had partial mastectomies, but am quite flat now going from DDD down to about...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/297822/

Discussion: Please share your experience with the Diep Flap Procedure

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 5, 2020

I just had bilateral in Jan and love the fact that I had both removed. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1244442/

Discussion: Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy & Reconstructive Surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 24 9:55am

My heart goes out to you. My complaints seems so minor and yet they loom so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1026400/

Discussion: When do side effects of anastrozole begin?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 3, 2024

@lmcintosh , I had my non-cancer breast removed as well and as it turned out it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/794406/

Discussion: Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 9, 2023

If you've had reconstruction, I believe you will need radiation? I wish you luck with it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1251389/

Discussion: Off Anastrozole and Letrozole after a year

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 5 9:48pm

I agree the formal silicone prostheses are not comfy. They are heavy and make me hot...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/956012/

Discussion: Anyone know what kind of treatment Suzanne Somers got over the years?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 29, 2023

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