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Hello @anjalima I know you have been around connect for a while and always have great...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/992391/

Discussion: Options for Explanting: What did you choose to do?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 6, 2024

This is my second breast cancer (not a recurrence) and it was grade 3 high grade...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/918823/

Discussion: Anastrozole: How long do side effects last once you've stopped?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 25, 2023

I had DCIS triple negative in 2012 and lumpectomy and radiation. In 2021 I had another...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/707165/

Discussion: Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 11, 2022

Hi, I'm 52 and was diagnosed with stage 1 ILC in my left breast. After a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1200456/

Discussion: Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 30, 2024

I just finished 18 weeks of chemo and am opting for skin sparing bi lateral mastectomy....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1168361/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 5, 2024

I’m 60 and in pretty good shape had lumpectomy/dsci on left breast and reconstruction on both...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/985816/

Discussion: Fatigue after DCIS breast cancer surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 24, 2023

I totally agree with bilateral mastectomy, I choose skin sparing and nipple was removed. I also...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/795701/

Discussion: Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 12, 2023

Hi - I feel like we are in sort of of the same situation. I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/762150/

Discussion: Multifocal and Multicentric Breast Cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 17, 2022

I was referred to a genetic counselor and she recommended testing. Following getting results back i...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/329319/

Discussion: RAD50 c.1245+2C>G mutation

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2021

I had lumpectomy and reconstruction( so both breast look the same). I also had 3 lymph...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1281483/

Discussion: Treatment plan questions following my wife's recent diagnosis?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 14, 2025

The first 15 years I did check ups mammograms and CT scans I think even a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156425/

Discussion: Orange peel skin...22 years post diagnosis 8 years post last surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2024

I'm very interested in hearing what Mayo told you about the success rate of the nerve-sparing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1142297/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy with nipple & nerve sparing

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 16, 2024

I'm not so generous or forgiving. I would have been very upset, o.k. angry, if clean...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1273761/

Discussion: Surgeon missed the margins. 2nd surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 3, 2025

I had a mastectomy Nov. 2021. 2 weeks later recurrence on chest wall. Obviously missed margins...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1368781/

Discussion: Missing the margins during a mastectomy surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 12, 2025

Hello, I was diagnosed in January with lobular carcinoma with armpit and supraclavical lymph node involvement....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1348814/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed invasive ductal and lobular in right breast

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 15, 2025

Melooys, Personally i opted not to have reconstruction. Freedom! 1) Im fine taking “ the pups”...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1077093/

Discussion: Trying to decide on reconstruction: Would you recommend it?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 29, 2024

My question was about a procedure called nipple sharing, not nipple sparing. This procedure can be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1045491/

Discussion: Nipple Sparing Mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 4, 2024

I agree about the zomeda. I have been on it every 6 months for almost 2...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/845007/

Discussion: Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 18, 2023

Hi, did your daughter end up getting radiation? I’m in a very similar boat as her....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/706864/

Discussion: Positive DCIS margins: Concerned about treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 10, 2022

My breast cancer was lobular (not ductal) and it was in both breasts at one time...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/208243/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 9, 2018

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