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@johndalton did your wife have the Oncotype DX or other genomic test like Mammaprint? These are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1086548/

Discussion: Oncotype DX Test: What does it all mean?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 14, 2024

Thank you Colleen. Quilting is my therapy these days. My visit with the hand surgeon went...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1191240/

Discussion: Can I have hand surgery on same side as radical mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 15, 2024

Boy, you are struggling with this mess! I went to a PT who specialized in treating...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783464/

Discussion: Cording / Axillary Web Syndrome (AWS)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 11, 2022

Thank you @flowergal. I appreciate your suggestions very much. My husband wears a winter hat inside...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106440/

Discussion: Question on DCIS outcome

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 16, 2024

Hi @colson21, my wife has gone through a couple surgeries with bad results after having the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851714/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 30, 2023

Very interesting and useful thread there! Thanks @alpaca aka Maureen :-) In my wife's case she...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/196550/

Discussion: Overmedication with cancer and other conditions

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 18, 2018

My wife is dying because of this medication. It did attack other organs. She was diagnosed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1381610/

Discussion: Anyone's cancer return after Keytruda?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 28 8:28pm

My wife Maggie just spent 12 days at Mayo Methodists Campus Hospital, Rochester, MN on 5th...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/717460/

Discussion: Send your Mayo Clinic nurses a Thank You!

Support Group: Just Want to Talk

Posted: Jun 14, 2022

Thank you for the information you have provided. Just wondering if your wife is also on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/795632/

Discussion: Breast Cancer and complementary or integrative therapies

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 12, 2023

Unfortunately the oncos have a very narrow field of vision. I learned way more from people...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/220031/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 11, 2020

Please, anyone with very serious breathing conditions stemming from phrenic nerve (for any cause) miss/malfunctioning, share...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/802109/

Discussion: Phrenic Nerve damage and paralyzed diaphragm: Anyone else have this?

Support Group: Lung Health

Posted: Jan 26, 2023

That’s quite a load on your shoulders, standing beside your wife through this all, and being...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1086802/

Discussion: Oncotype DX Test: What does it all mean?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 14, 2024

I would think she should see an actual "breast surgeon" as well as a plastic surgeon....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1286583/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 21 9:45am

The latest research talks about women over 65 omitting radiology with early-stage breast cancer. Has your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1285730/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 19 10:28pm

You can definitely talk more to the doc about this. I was not clear on what...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/886151/

Discussion: Metastatic Breast Cancer treatment options

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 27, 2023

If I lived 2 hrs from Mayo Clinic, I would do that! I have no idea...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/821318/

Discussion: Many problems with Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 5, 2023

Technically metastatic cancer is not curable. But there are treatments that can help (but not cure)....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/886192/

Discussion: Metastatic Breast Cancer treatment options

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 27, 2023

@katgob Sorry BRCA2 runs in your family as well. People are funny about the testing. If...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1128404/

Discussion: Family members identified with BRCA2 mutation

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

Thank you for sharing. I am also concerned about what I hear about the radiation and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1126284/

Discussion: Wondering if I'm taking the right path...

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 18, 2024

I don’t know why size matters but apparently it does. Me and my wife are so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/890983/

Discussion: Direct to Implant and Reconstruction Same Day

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 6, 2023

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