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Thank you and good luck on your journey to the relaxation mark. Might I ask if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1144513/

Discussion: Staying positive: How do you do it?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

I don't have official recommendations just personal experience. I was diagnosed with IDC in October 2022...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1133331/

Discussion: Screening guidelines for first line family members

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 30, 2024

I’m choosing double mastectomy for the same reason… dense breast tissue, 3 lumpectomies on one side,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1132417/

Discussion: Declining Chemotherapy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Hello, My name is Melissa, I was diagnised with BC on Sept 21, 2023, the tumor...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1126731/

Discussion: Wondering if I'm taking the right path...

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 19, 2024

Hi, totally understand where you are coming from. I was diagnosed with DCIS right breast in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1126218/

Discussion: Wondering if I'm taking the right path...

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 18, 2024

Yes my recovery was quick. I was off from my desk job a week. Take it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1121731/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 11, 2024

You have lots of good info from many here. I'll add my experience and hope that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1121655/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 11, 2024

I was also told I need to have a mastectomy for 5 cm in my right...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1113173/

Discussion: How fast does DCIS spread?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 28, 2024

You may already have made your decision. Age may be a factor, as in my case....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1105610/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 14, 2024

I just finished my radiation from DCIS stage 0 grade 3. I did a little extra...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1087475/

Discussion: Estrogen/Progestrone medication & DCIS Stage 0 Grade 3 diagnosis

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 15, 2024

Hello @wileypack and again welcome to this site! The information you have received from other members...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/70648/

Discussion: electric recliner chair and breast cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 20, 2020

I am 61, I had biopsy/surgery on one breast in 2007 an the other in 2017....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/279937/

Discussion: Genetic tests available for breast cancer detection

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 14, 2019

5 years ago at age 64, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 mutifocal invasive dcis. For...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/279313/

Discussion: Conflicted on taking medication

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 11, 2019

I had LCIS in my left breast and went with lumpectomy. Two years later I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/261462/

Discussion: Stage 2 breast cancer: What treatments decisions did you have to make?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 27, 2019

I am a five-year survivor of breast cancer. My choice was a total mastectomy and reconstruction....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/261435/

Discussion: Stage 2 breast cancer: What treatments decisions did you have to make?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 9, 2019

@karendb You're not at all dumb. Some of us panicked when told that part of the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86970/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 2, 2019

I had Micro calcifications that had changed over 3 years. Stereotactic biopsy failed to locate them...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/211238/

Discussion: Anyone dealing with Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH)?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 29, 2019

Reply to all with ADH. Almost five years ago I was diagnosed with ADH and Atypical...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/211223/

Discussion: Anyone dealing with Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH)?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 10, 2018

Hi @kruzin - I don't know if I'm too late to post my experience as you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/208259/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 2, 2018

I was told that I could have two lumpectomies on my left breast because I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/160650/

Discussion: What can I expect having a Mastectomy of left breast

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 12, 2017

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