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@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 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

It is such a personal choice as to have reconstruction or not. I had a single...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1297717/

Discussion: Feelings on going “flat”.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 5 5:39pm

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

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

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

Diagnosed in August at the ultrasound with 3 masses in my left breast. The radiologist told...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/784654/

Discussion: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Time till surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 14, 2022

I am 73 and had a double mastectomy a year ago without reconstruction. Like you, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/779113/

Discussion: Anyone decide not to do reconstruction after getting the expander in?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 30, 2022

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

Hi @kedisaacs , I had DIEP- flap surgery about four years ago, when I was 39....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1286231/

Discussion: Are there any medical advantages to going flat over doing DIEP flap?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 20 4:02pm

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 have DCIS HRT Positve. I am scheduled to have a double mastectomy in early March....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1228785/

Discussion: Single Mastectomy: What will Recovery Time be like? How long?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 3 3:28pm

Aw, thank you. It's been a crazy two years, for sure! I am doing much better...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/764842/

Discussion: Breast cancer spread to lymph nodes. Would you choose chemo?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 24, 2022

I was 71 when I had a double mastectomy for ILC (it took 6 months to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1026676/

Discussion: Invasive lobular cancer and treatment choices

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 3, 2024

Trixie: Wow...good information. And I am with you...I seem more comfortable in the recliner then laying...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/270090/

Discussion: Male breast cancer: Anyone other men out there with breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 19, 2020

Mastectomy avoids radiation in many cases. That was one big reason I had a mastectomy. But...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/943493/

Discussion: Lumpectomy vs mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 7, 2023

You’re welcome. I’m happy that you are doing better. Be patient, you will fully recover. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1348650/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed invasive ductal and lobular in right breast

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 15 9:36am

Hi everyone, I had my DIEP flap surgery at Mayo Clinic this past July, and I’m...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1366731/

Discussion: Diep Flap Surgery: What should I know about recovery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 8 10:51pm

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