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I had bilateral lumpectomies in July 2021: DCIS/IDC in right breast; ILC in left breast. Clean...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/816601/

Discussion: Bone Pain in Multiple Places Due to Tamoxifen Use?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 24, 2023

I’m sorry you have to walk this out, it’s a lot. I just had a bilateral...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/814486/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 20, 2023

I had a lumpectomy 6 months ago then one week only of radiation (new protocol, 3000...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/810783/

Discussion: Ending Tamoxifen after 5 years!

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 13, 2023

Thank you! I’ve been diagnosed with DCIS and my surgery for lumpectomy is on Jan 12....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/794170/

Discussion: Need answers

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 8, 2023

I think the questions above are excellent and a good place to start. I had a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/793986/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 8, 2023

@boathouse, Hi, I don't understand.....you had 5 weeks of radiation after the bilateral? What did they...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/791890/

Discussion: Before ANY Breast Surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 3, 2023

Hi @anjalima @windyshores and all, I just got a call from Radiologist that my 2nd spot...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/782554/

Discussion: Worried, suspicious lesions found: Thought I was cancer free

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 8, 2022

I was diagnosed with stage 0 DCIS 4mm x 6mm found on mammogram in July. Had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/777968/

Discussion: Radiation or not

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 27, 2022

Hi everyone. I am DCIS positive on left breast. Had 2 lumpectomies with second one to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/777560/

Discussion: My experience with proton beam therapy & breast cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 26, 2022

Hi, I was diagnosed with DCIS ( stage 0) and did a lumpectomy and 5 radiations...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/776379/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 22, 2022

Please help me. My doctors will not answer my questions. I even had a group of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/770690/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy without Reconstruction Recovery Timeline

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 8, 2022

It was a fairly easy decision as I had three locations of DCIS spread out so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/762440/

Discussion: Sparing mastectomy/Diep - What was your recommended follow-up?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 17, 2022

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I get my breast care from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/755359/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 29, 2022

Hello ! So this is my story. 2012 DCIS stage 0, triple negative on left breast....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/746609/

Discussion: What helped you make treatment decisions following DCIS lumpectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 7, 2022

I don't what your doctor will recommend but the recommendation will undoubtedly be governed largely the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/740952/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 23, 2022

No, he got those criteria correct. The onco radiologist said I had a 10% chance of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/687832/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 9, 2022

I was diagnosed with DCIS, grade 1, rapid cells and not estrogen derived. It was diagnosed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/647707/

Discussion: What helped you make treatment decisions following DCIS lumpectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 23, 2021

Hi, in 2002 I also had DCIS. I had a lumpectomy. The tissue that was surgically...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/633784/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 8, 2021

Hi Sue and Linda, I was diagnosed with invasive tubular carcinoma with two positive nodes 29...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/337591/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed: IDC Tubular Carcinoma of the Breast

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 25, 2021

If you are on regular Medicare, that will pay for bilateral mastectomy (80%) I think. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/324695/

Discussion: BRCA2 and MSH6: Family finds it hard to discuss cancer & feelings

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 19, 2020