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Good topic to address! I wear fancy lymphedema sleeves and gloves (a souvenir of surgery and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1009833/

Discussion: How much do you share with acquaintances or teachers?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 5, 2024

I have the same thing. I had massage for lymphedema in my arm and it improved...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1004530/

Discussion: Abdominal swelling/bloating after a double mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 27, 2024

I am curious about who found your lymphedema and who monitors it. Does your oncologist or...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/267102/

Discussion: Can you get lymphedema if you only had sentinel node removed?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 27, 2019

Please fill me in on exactly what massage method that she is using for your stomach....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1006210/

Discussion: Abdominal swelling/bloating after a double mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 29, 2024

Thanks for the info, but it's definitely not a regular "bloating" or digestion problem. It's not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/641661/

Discussion: Abdominal swelling/bloating after a double mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 3, 2021

I don’t want people to feel sorry for me, but sometimes I want sympathy. I feel...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/865180/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 23, 2023

I was diagnosed with Stage 1/grade 2 Invasive ductal cancer in 2022 - age 69 at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1407719/

Discussion: Anyone forego radiation? Research, personal experience, outcomes

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 3, 2025

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 am reading recent studies that question whether sentinel node biopsies are necessary before mastectomy for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/776715/

Discussion: Why remove a sentinel lymph node that shows no sign of disease?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 23, 2022

Please ask your oncologist to schedule a breast ultrasound fir that breast & underarm area since...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/936760/

Discussion: Best doc to follow up on lymphedema?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 26, 2023

Yes I also had DCIS with bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction just a year ago. Drs...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/885073/

Discussion: Anyone diagnosed with DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 25, 2023

Hi Sandy- I missed some of the posts, so maybe someone else has already passed this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/880476/

Discussion: Can you get lymphedema if you only had sentinel node removed?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 18, 2023

There are surgeries that specifically address the flow of lymph fluid through the lymph nodes and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1167090/

Discussion: Has anyone had surgery for lymphedema? Successful?

Support Group: Lymphedema

Posted: Nov 3, 2024

I don’t have the same issues you are dealing with, but I have learned a lot...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/208254/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 20, 2018

@char04 I’m doing well now. I had lumpectomy and radiation at first then decided to have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1552287/

Discussion: lumpectomy made my breast look deformed

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 16 6:03pm

I stopped anastrozole, it put me in a tale spin- mentally and headaches, joints aches +...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1003040/

Discussion: Switching AI's

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 24, 2024

@1cs Thanks for additional explanation. The surgeon determines risk vs benefits of removing lymph nodes, how...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1079945/

Discussion: What is doctor supposed to do when sentinel lymph node biopsy fails?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 3, 2024

I have had bilateral breast cancer with lymph nodes removed both sides. I have been trying...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/244208/

Discussion: Bilateral breast cancer w sentinel node removal: Lymphedema prevention

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 14, 2019

My physical therapy was both for post surgery pain, range of motion and lymphedema. My insurance...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/170152/

Discussion: Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome: How are you coping?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 16, 2018

"people don't realize that while lymphedema isn't fatal, lymphangitis/cellulitis can lead to sepsis and that is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1159024/

Discussion: Discouraged with lymphedema: How do you cope?

Support Group: Lymphedema

Posted: Oct 18, 2024

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