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Having a mastectomy and reconstruction is obviously a highly personal decision, and through this website and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1211182/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 14 9:12am

I too had radiation that resulted in fibrosis of the muscles of my chest wall, the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1232143/

Discussion: Breast Radiation: I feel very tight in rib area, anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 8 10:20am

Hi feprincess, you describe my symptoms from the radiation fibrosis really well, stretching, tightness, burning and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1232489/

Discussion: Breast Radiation: I feel very tight in rib area, anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 8 4:50pm

I agree with you . At the moment 2 months after radiation I am a bit...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1232700/

Discussion: Breast Radiation: I feel very tight in rib area, anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 9 6:22am

It was on an AI continually for past 5 yrs. I began right after radiation in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1107906/

Discussion: Anyone had cancer return while taking hormone therapy meds?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 18, 2024

I'm 64 and was diagnosed with left breast invasive ductal carcinoma (ER+ HER2-) in Sept. 2020....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106227/

Discussion: Anyone had cancer return while taking hormone therapy meds?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 15, 2024

@carolinab I know just how much anxiety you have today. All the unknowns really pile up...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1163542/

Discussion: Lumpectomy for IDC: Calm but as the date approaches, getting nervous

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 27, 2024

I agree! I am not one of them either. After 3 weeks on Letrozole my hands...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1138124/

Discussion: Anyone experienced dizziness or optical changes with exemastane

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 8, 2024

I tried 3, and then gave up. That was 4 years ago. I still cannot bend...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1137735/

Discussion: Anyone experienced dizziness or optical changes with exemastane

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 7, 2024

Yes, I was told the two lymph nodes they removed had scarce cancerous tissue. I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1137139/

Discussion: Lymph gland results after lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 6, 2024

I'm sorry you are havimg this. It seems like once you've been treated the money is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1133333/

Discussion: Fatigue after radiation

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 30, 2024

Hi @ginny100 Sorry to hear you are dealing with breast cancer and treatment again. I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1122925/

Discussion: Starting on targeted breast cancer meds.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 13, 2024

My experience with letrozole was not good. I took it for 3 weeks after radiation in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1118661/

Discussion: Letrozole and checking estrogen levels

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 6, 2024

I should also add that I was 76 years old (or young) when I had my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1118310/

Discussion: Deciding on radiation or not

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 5, 2024

I was 76 when I had 33 bouts of radiation. It was not bad. The A.I....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1118298/

Discussion: Deciding on radiation or not

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 5, 2024

I too am LIBRA, and I have problem deciding what to do. I'm 65, had double...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1113232/

Discussion: Tamoxifen input

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 28, 2024

Unfortunately yes. I had a double mastectomy in 2012 after having chemo. Was put on Tamoxifen...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1111284/

Discussion: Anyone had cancer return while taking hormone therapy meds?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2024

I am praying your mammogram is a negative result. As for the pain and swelling, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106432/

Discussion: Pain, tenderness return 10 months after lumpectomy: What does it mean?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 16, 2024

I started Zometa approx 2 months after radiation. The first infusion gave me a few minor...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1104109/

Discussion: Zometa Infusions — your experience?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 12, 2024

Yes, my heart just sank when I felt a tiny hard lump on my bony chest...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1103679/

Discussion: Optional double mastectomy over single. What helped you to decide?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 11, 2024

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