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I love being flat. My surgeries were easy and I don't have any problems with clothing....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/650432/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 2, 2021

Wow - I love what you say everyday. So uplifting and positive. Thank you for sharing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1017047/

Discussion: Feelings on going “flat”.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 16, 2024

It would be better, I think, to see an oncology surgeon, not a plastic surgeon, if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/770954/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy without Reconstruction Recovery Timeline

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 8, 2022

Thanks for bringing this up. I am in the beginning phases and actually wondering if I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1016709/

Discussion: Feelings on going “flat”.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 16, 2024

Interestingly there is are a fair number of younger women choosing flat. In a couple of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/654018/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 14, 2021

In 2004 I had a bilateral mastectomy with no reconstruction and have not regretted it for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/650074/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 31, 2021

Had HER2 negative, estrogen and progesterone positive. Diagnosed in August at the ultrasound and later biopsy....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/779498/

Discussion: Anyone decide not to do reconstruction after getting the expander in?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 1, 2022

I went flat from the start and am very happy with it. I don't wear any...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1016399/

Discussion: Feelings on going “flat”.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 15, 2024

I have not heard of that @jane2024. I did not have any chest reconstruction. I am...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1025209/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 29, 2024

There's a "go flat" movement in Australia. Women who've had double mastectomies who don't bother with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1050815/

Discussion: Diagnosed with invasive ductal Carcinoma 2.2mm. Er/HER2 +3 positive

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 14, 2024

I read about it on the internet, like a chest wall reconstruction after the breasts are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1025164/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 29, 2024

Thanks so much to everyone for sharing your experience as I am seriously considering having a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1025132/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 29, 2024

I preferred having no breasts to having one, and like going flat. The second, non-cancer breast...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/776805/

Discussion: Double or single mastectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 24, 2022

thank you for commenting. I just think I am going flat. I really don't want to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106933/

Discussion: Question on DCIS outcome

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 17, 2024

I had a double mastectomy and "went flat," so my surgery journey and recovery were pretty...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/957984/

Discussion: Deciding if I should do bilateral or double mastectomy??

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 2, 2023

I went "flat" and don't use any prostheses. I feel that clothes actually fit be better...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1210363/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 13 7:17am

I did unilateral mastectomy on my left side, aesthetic flat closure. No implants or flap. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/846214/

Discussion: Multifocal and Multicentric Breast Cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 20, 2023

@bpknitter53 Like you, I have a lumpy chest, extra skin on sides (the worst) and concave...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1130718/

Discussion: Declining Chemotherapy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 25, 2024

Once I found out I had Lobular Cancer, after the ductal tumor lumpectomy, I said I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1103409/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 11, 2024

I am leaning toward unilateral and just going flat on that side - this cancer is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1003379/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 25, 2024

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