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Thank you for the encouragement! I know everyone responds differently to the various treatment options &...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/747962/

Discussion: What helped you make treatment decisions following DCIS lumpectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 10, 2022

It will be 5 years come January since I had a lumpectomy (plus a 2nd one...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1175148/

Discussion: How long should I expect pain in armpit after removal of lymph nodes?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 17, 2024

Since so many women are living beyond 65 years it's amazing that they dismiss us or...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1039017/

Discussion: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 23, 2024

Hello @flowergal - I am sorry to hear about the issues you have been having. Particularly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/987779/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 28, 2023

A diagnosis of breast cancer, any cancer, is terrifying. When I got my treatment plan from...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/972215/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 29, 2023

@annkitz ditto- docs didn't mention it. I asked the surgeon via portal if it was focal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/862568/

Discussion: Lymphovascular Invasion Present

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 19, 2023

Your head must be spinning with all the info you received from both docs! I know...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/823965/

Discussion: Diagnosed yesterday, small calcifications in my left breast.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 10, 2023

Me too. I have a second primary breast cancer in the same lumpectomy and radiation breast...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/737514/

Discussion: Smelling cancer!

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 15, 2022

Hi I hope you joined the zoom meetings.Because then we can actually see each other. They...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1253708/

Discussion: Fatigue is worse after radiation

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 9 8:21am

Hi Huey, Given the recent alerts and new articles, I can imagine your concern about breast...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/246121/

Discussion: Implants: News and questions about recalls

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 8, 2019

@stars7 Thanks for updating us! Glad you had a good report from your surgeon. That’s such...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1230406/

Discussion: Anyone experience pain on one side wth placement of Tissue Expander?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 6 12:26am

I also had lumpectomy at MD Anderson and margin was only 1 mm on one focal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1273962/

Discussion: Surgeon missed the margins. 2nd surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 4 9:24am

@sharon44r Like you I had LBC in one breast. For me, the right one and I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1198583/

Discussion: Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 28, 2024

I don’t want to talk you out of a mastectomy but there is another option to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1177617/

Discussion: Lumpectomy or mastectomy that is the dilema. Any insight would help.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 21, 2024

@sgorecki, My psychologist noted how much the "why me" was torturing me, making me angry, making...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/998586/

Discussion: Cancer: Being diagnosed during the holiday season

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 16, 2024

@ilc67 “ I got in the habit of asking, if it was a male doctor, if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/943100/

Discussion: Palpable Lump not visible on scans..what now?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 6, 2023

@katgob Sorry about your sister. When I notified both sides of the family about my BRCA2...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/942711/

Discussion: Surgeon recommendations: How did you choose a surgeon?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 5, 2023

Hi. I am in the exact same situation. I am 56 just diagnosed with ILC in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/886078/

Discussion: Deciding if I should do bilateral or double mastectomy??

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 27, 2023

Thank you for asking. I’m doing well. I still see both my oncologist and breast surgeon...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/788848/

Discussion: Sending healing thoughts this holiday season

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 26, 2022

New to journey. 9.29.22 i went for annual mammogram. I have elected for 3d since it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/778438/

Discussion: Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 28, 2022

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