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@frogjumper—I, too, am going back and forth about radiation. My diagnosis was low grade, stage 0...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864863/

Discussion: Deciding on radiation or not

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 22, 2023

Hello Running Lakes :) I had a mastectomy on my right breast April 28th. Like Cindy,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/160637/

Discussion: What can I expect having a Mastectomy of left breast

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 20, 2017

Hi Brightside, Are you able to share more of your BC Stage/Age of occurrence and if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1293907/

Discussion: Any long-term success stories from those NOT taking hormone therapy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

The statistic I was given today at my surgeons office was 40% recurrence without radiation and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/861931/

Discussion: Deciding on radiation or not

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 18, 2023

Yes, they will do an MRI with and without contrast. I wouldn’t worry about the contrast...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1557543/

Discussion: Will my MRI breast biospy be done with contrast?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 23 9:52am

I have two friends who had lumpectomies, one for a Stage 0 tumor and the other...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/727613/

Discussion: Is there anyone that had estrogen positive cancer, without use of AI?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 17, 2022

I had a lumpectomy , chemo and then radiation for a tumor in my right breast....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1197534/

Discussion: About to start radiation: Did anyone have heart or lung complications?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 26, 2024

Hi - I just started on this road today... needle biopsy shows maybe stage 1 cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/181852/

Discussion: Going my way: Decided to stop cancer treatments

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 25, 2019

I was diagnosed and had right breast lumpectomy with sentinel node biopsy in Jan 2024. Full...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1272021/

Discussion: Any long-term success stories from those NOT taking hormone therapy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 1, 2025

You will know more after the bone scan. It's not usually given before completion of surgery...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1378622/

Discussion: Decide against aromatase inhibitors?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 24, 2025

I am HER2 positive and on round 5 of chemo; plan is lumpectomy after chemo, radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1029978/

Discussion: Who else is HER2 positive?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 8, 2024

I was diagnosed with cancer in both breasts, stage 1 and 11a/grade 2. ER+ PR+. Early...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1379498/

Discussion: Lumpectomy with radiation or Mastectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 26, 2025

My family was not all on board but still went forward with a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1366343/

Discussion: Post Mastectomy Must Haves?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 8, 2025

After the first lumpectomy, I told my oncologist about that and he had said that in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/241935/

Discussion: Smelling cancer!

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 26, 2019

I'm 82. I had a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation at 79. I refused Tamoxifen. I remembered...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1075700/

Discussion: Tamoxifen and mental health

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 27, 2024

Hi I had my lumpectomy December 15th last year I had my Sentinel node surgery February...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1060985/

Discussion: DCIS pathology

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 2, 2024

I am so sorry this happened to you. I am one who also gets the letter...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1059637/

Discussion: Detecting cancer in women with dense breasts: MRI?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 30, 2024

YES! I went through lumpectomy, 4 rounds of chemo, 19 radiation session, breast reduction surgery and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1054972/

Discussion: Emotional aftermath following breast cancer treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 21, 2024

4-5 weeks of radiation is normal protocol. I had a lumpectomy for stage 0 DCIS in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1053467/

Discussion: Right breast cancer DCIS: Is 4-5 weeks of radiation normal protocol?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 19, 2024

I had chemo and radiation after a lumpectomy. the chemo made me feel awful until the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1052592/

Discussion: Declining Chemotherapy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 17, 2024

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