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Hi Colleen, how have you been? Good I hope. I just saw my Onc yesterday. We...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/690641/

Discussion: MBC spread to pleural space

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 17, 2022

@johnsoncs1 Yes - the partial mastectomy took me from about an "F" down to an "A."...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/209155/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy or not

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 1, 2021

@sandyjr It's a very personal choice and one only you can make. I was ready to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/315302/

Discussion: Genetic mutations that can cause breast cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 28, 2020

Hi whr, I’ve been on Anastrozole for 22 months and am now experiencing the hip joint...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/619773/

Discussion: Anastrozole Brain Fog

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 25, 2021

I have been off the Arimedex for four months, joint pain is gone, I am sleeping...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/619581/

Discussion: Anastrozole Brain Fog

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 25, 2021

@hkc9890 How many nodes were involved? Did they erode into the lymphatics? Just because you're a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/329633/

Discussion: Newbie: diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) triple negative

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 12, 2020

jdriver, Oh my gosh you have had this for seven years. I am so sorry that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/321073/

Discussion: Lymphedema in the chest wall

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 3, 2020

@susiebeard I had two lumpectomies and a partial mastectomy on one side and reduction mammaplasty on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/267340/

Discussion: Paresthesia like symptom after mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 29, 2019

Hello Penpen - I've read all of the responses here to your question and there's a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/261440/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 9, 2019

@auntieoakley Even with mastectomy, there is residual tissue whereupon you can still get breast cancer, unfortunately....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/268336/

Discussion: Preventative double mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 11, 2019

Hi there. I had a lumpectomy for bc, then 16 weeks of chemo, now am done...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86738/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 1, 2019

I am almost 69, diagnosed at 67 with Stage 2A breast cancer 18 months ago. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/173971/

Discussion: Over 70 years old starting Chemo

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 5, 2018

Oh, how I identify with the ANXIETY aspect of breast cancer. I was diagnosed with 2A,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/141416/

Discussion: bone cancer symptoms

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 4, 2018

Hi Dottie, I just joined this group though I've been a "breast cancer warrior" since 1991....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/213824/

Discussion: A whirlwind

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 30, 2018

Hi. I was dx with “aggressive” high-grade DCIS in March 2021. I had a partial mastectomy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/631021/

Discussion: Do aromatase inhibitors (like anastrozole) cause weight gain?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 29, 2021

Thank you @auntieoakley for this information. Yes, would consider myself active, always have been my whole...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/629019/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 22, 2021

I finished radiation for HER2 breast cancer about a week ago. I had it 5 days...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/627823/

Discussion: Number of radiation treatments for whole breast cancer radiation

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 19, 2021

Hi - sorry for your reoccurrence of cancer. I underwent a double mastectomy in Sept 2019...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/638784/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy without Reconstruction Recovery Timeline

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 25, 2021

Radiation burns are different than typical 2nd and 3rd degree burns. However they are burns and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/634618/

Discussion: Bilateral mastectomy: how to decide on hormone therapy or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 11, 2021

I had a mastectomy but still ended up needing radiation. My only option later was a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/257362/

Discussion: To do or not to do: Bilateral mastectomy and implants

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 7, 2019

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