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It all comes down to personal choice, but my original dx is Grade 3 HR+ DCIS....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1120486/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 9, 2024

Hello. It’s all so worrisome, isn’t it? I had one ILC and one ITC in my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1027204/

Discussion: Invasive lobular cancer and treatment choices

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 4, 2024

I stayed flat, and it’s been 4 years with no regrets. I told my surgeon I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/760724/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2022

I am not sure I understand the question. Are you asking whether to have both removed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/885102/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 25, 2023

I had a bilateral mastectomy, because I had 2 tumors in each breast. Only one was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/885692/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 26, 2023

I had bilateral in Nov 2022 and opted for flat. But I should have taken in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/865853/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 24, 2023

Fosamax made me so sick. Projectile vomiting for hours, i was so mad at myself for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1175909/

Discussion: Invasive lobular cancer and treatment choices

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 19, 2024

In 2019 i had a lumpectomy as it all happened so fast, stage 1. In the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859586/

Discussion: Mastectomy instead of lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 14, 2023

Thanks for your support. In addition to the ILC in the left breast as previously diagnosed,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1025078/

Discussion: Was your breast cancer misdiagnosed by a radiologist?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 29, 2024

I had a double mastectomy and went flat. I use a prosthesis and nobody would ever...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/932646/

Discussion: Whom to see for true assessment of mastectomy surgery outcome.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 19, 2023

Hi--I got silicone implants in 1981 at Mayo in Rochester. I was tired of being flat-chested....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/690622/

Discussion: LF Reconstruction: Anyone have their implants removed years later?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 17, 2022

I had the same infection after my double mastectomy. It was terrifying. I was able to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1180072/

Discussion: Double mastectomy caused rare infection

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 26, 2024

I had the chemo to shrink my tumor, but it only shrunk 1/2. I had the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1216999/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 19 11:30pm

Hi I had a double mastectomy last October 2023 My Mother the same age as I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1130079/

Discussion: Declining Chemotherapy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 24, 2024

@mkb4435 - I too am TNBC but I'm also BRCA2+ I chose to throw everything at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/903562/

Discussion: Newbie & scared

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 28, 2023

Looking back.....The better decision for me would have been a bilateral back in 2007. All these...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/777388/

Discussion: Double or single mastectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 25, 2022

Interested in Explanting Silicone Implant. I had a unilateral mastectomy nearly two years ago. Going unilaterally...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/968627/

Discussion: Options for Explanting: What did you choose to do?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 21, 2023

jdwelch2025: My answer is short, sweet but works for me: Bilateral mastectomy in May 2025. No...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1363305/

Discussion: How to deal with 16 year old leaking silicon implants?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 4 7:28am

I had a routine mammo in April. Suspicious calcifications. B-Rads 4. Had diagnostic mammo and US...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1163966/

Discussion: Fear after needing a biopsy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Hello, I had silicone implants at the same time as my double mastectomy. Unfortunately, my experience...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/958516/

Discussion: Options for Explanting: What did you choose to do?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 3, 2023

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