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@meeshodge I wanted to thank you for bringing up AFC, aesthetic flat closure. You had mentioned...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1203342/

Discussion: Do people always have drains after mastectomy? If so, for how long?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 3 5:57pm

I have seen pictures of the flat close you speak about on the intranet. I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1025747/

Discussion: Double mastectomy: Anyone have major side effects and/or regrets?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 1, 2024

@toomany questions I am flat on both sides now. Recovery wasn't too bad. No concave scarring...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/770790/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy without Reconstruction Recovery Timeline

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 8, 2022

I too chose to go flat (was 69 and married over 30 years when DMX performed)...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1061561/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 3, 2024

@justforjoyce I did paravertebral block and went flat and the whole thing was pretty easy! Good...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1196918/

Discussion: What can I expect after Double Mastectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 25, 2024

My doctor, who was about 55, expressed "surprise" that I was "still so flat" for the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1071938/

Discussion: After treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 20, 2024

I wondering if one can choose flat initially and then reconstruct later? Did the surgeon say...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/781832/

Discussion: Worried, suspicious lesions found: Thought I was cancer free

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 7, 2022

For the reconstruction, a good surgeon inserts breast expanders, not at another time but the same...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1129033/

Discussion: Declining Chemotherapy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

I forgot to mention I'm TNBC and BRCA2+. I completed all treatment 2yrs ago, I did...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1372461/

Discussion: Diet during chemo - TNBC

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 17 8:31am

I'm 70 and I had a bilateral mastectomy for triple negative BC Nov. 2022 and chose...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/909190/

Discussion: Can someone who’s had a mastectomy share the psychological effects ?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 7, 2023

One more thought…I’m 67. Certainly comfortable with no breasts and occasional use of prosthesis, so I’d...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1177435/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 21, 2024

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1329327/

Discussion: Anyone trying to get back into shape post Breast Cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 17 3:28pm

Yes, I agree that going flat makes it easier to detect recurrence and it’s just less...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1214204/

Discussion: What's local recurrence post mastectomy? Understanding terminology

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 15 11:09pm

No. I chose to go flat, so recovery was very easy. I wear inserts in my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/979774/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 13, 2023

That sounds like a sweet deal if you aren’t interested in reconstruction. Thank you for sharing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/653024/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 10, 2021

Agreed - I think i will go flat ... where have you found good bras w/...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1004308/

Discussion: Unilateral aesthetic flat or reconstruct one side w/ autologous tissue

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 26, 2024

I recently (Nov 2022) had bilateral and chose to go flat. Now that I'm healed I'm...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/852785/

Discussion: Chose not to get breast reconstruction

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 1, 2023

I "went flat" after two mastectomies and that has worked for me. We are all different!...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860278/

Discussion: Mastectomy instead of lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 15, 2023

I had bilateral and chose to go flat, I only have two issues from the surgery....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1026206/

Discussion: Double mastectomy: Anyone have major side effects and/or regrets?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 2, 2024

Hello ladies I got reconstruction but many of my friends chose to stay flat . There...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/107254/

Discussion: Chose not to get breast reconstruction

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 11, 2016

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