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Thank you all for your input. I am also looking into having my silicone implants removed....

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Discussion: Surgery to Remove Silicone Gel Inplants: What was your experience?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 22, 2022

I really think I was so surprised When I was diagnosed with breast cancer I really...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1065724/

Discussion: Anyone taking 5 mg Tamoxifen: Do you have side effects with 5 mg?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 10 10:22pm

‘Is the surgical excision for biopsy purposes or for removal’ —This is the part I’m not...

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Discussion: Bi-rad 4: Surgical excision recommended for me

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 10, 2023

@mdjohnson77 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! I understand how worried you must be having to wait...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/855915/

Discussion: Not diagnosed yet, worried about Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 7, 2023

Thank you and truly appreciated. Still waiting for the MRI results. Did have my visit with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1128590/

Discussion: Anyone with Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH)?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 22 9:15am

It usually takes under a week for you to get biopsy results. It felt like a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/905131/

Discussion: Surgeon recommendations: How did you choose a surgeon?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 31, 2023

@Joanna I checked reviews to find a surgeon. Are you certain you will have radiation? Is...

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Discussion: Surgeon recommendations: How did you choose a surgeon?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 29, 2023

I think everyone with a cancer dx should have one as part of the initial work...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/616967/

Discussion: Pet scan after lumpectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 16, 2021

Yes I am. I was supposed to get a lumpectomy and radiation after chemo but surgeon...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1073345/

Discussion: DCIS first follow up since surgery in September.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 23 2:03pm

I’m so sorry you have had the same thing happen to you. I guess our odds...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/819470/

Discussion: Round 3: Getting breast cancer, stage 0, three times

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 1, 2023

Thank you so much, Elle, for sharing this article. I am familiar with this article and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/805792/

Discussion: Lumpectomy without radiation vs Mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 3, 2023

Yes, oncologist is great. I was simply spoiled from assorted previous orthopedic surgeries where the surgeon...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/622062/

Discussion: Invasive ductile breast cancer: What should I expect?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 1, 2021

My surgeon told me “it’s high risk benign”. So I had lumpectomy to remove it. No...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/853202/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 2, 2023

My TNBC was four years ago so protocol may have changed since then, but my tumor...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/916357/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 21, 2023

I was diagnosed with ADH in August 2022. I am taking anastrosal. I believe my breast...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/839568/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 7, 2023

This happened to me. Mine ultimately got infected and I had to have the tissue expander...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1031437/

Discussion: Seroma after drain removal? What questions should I ask the surgeon?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 11 6:00am

Anything abnormal needs to be checked out. I had very uncomfortable shoulder pain and breast bone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/905113/

Discussion: Is Breast Pain a Sign of Breast Cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 31, 2023

Sadly not everyone can tolerate procedures the same way. It might or might not have anything...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/734920/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 7, 2022

I had my expander put in at time of my mastectomy on July 28th of this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/639529/

Discussion: Reconstruction: Time between expansion and second surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 27, 2021

@patty6 so sorry about your delays. That happened to me, too, with triple negative. When the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/920912/

Discussion: Triple negative breast cancer: Not doing so good

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 29, 2023

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