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It sounds like you're making good decisions. Feeling "scared" is understandable. I tossed and turned at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/238182/

Discussion: What Are Your Best Tips for Before and After a Mastectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 3, 2019

Hi @fashionmom. Sorry you are in the breast cancer club. I had the choice between a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1291801/

Discussion: Need Help on Bilateral Mastectomy or Lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 28 9:13am

I had this exact diagnosis, except I was level 3. It was my doctors who encouraged...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1352293/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 20 9:51am

Hi, sandyjr. I had a complete bilateral mastectomy with DIEP reconstruction back in 2006. I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/297820/

Discussion: Please share your experience with the Diep Flap Procedure

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 2, 2020

Wow you are all amazing! I wish I had found this support blog in April of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1102765/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 10, 2024

My Cancer is very similar... I had 1.9mm invasive cancer(too small to do onco test), also...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/929531/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 13, 2023

Good morning, and big hugs to you very caring and worried parents💕 I just underwent a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/887111/

Discussion: Direct to Implant and Reconstruction Same Day

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 29, 2023

This is me, same thing. I had a radical mastectomy and currently on Taxol chemo. I've...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/884513/

Discussion: Need a breast cancer buddy who has been through it (triple negative)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 24, 2023

It sounds like you have found a raod that is right for you. I have had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/867691/

Discussion: Anyone feel devasted about how you look & feel? And guilty too?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 27, 2023

Hello, I turned 70 on July 10th. Twenty eight years ago, I had apreventative bi-lateral mastectomy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/107259/

Discussion: Chose not to get breast reconstruction

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 12, 2016

I personally decided on 3D nipple tattoos because, quite frankly, I love not having projection at...

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Discussion: Anyone gotten Nipple tattoos? Were you happy with the results?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 30, 2022

Good day, I wanted to write and let you know my experiences. I have/had stage 2...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1085914/

Discussion: Lumpectomy with radiation vs mastectomy for stage 1 invasive plus DCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 13, 2024

I’m 60. April 2023 had lumpectomy on left breast and reconstruction on both. Took 3 lymph...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/997544/

Discussion: Bra discomfort after breast cancer treatment: Tips?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 15, 2024

Dear @sue417 - Thanks for the explanation. Perhaps it is not what you are missing (in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/979953/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 13, 2023

Hi Fashion mom- I also have the ATM gene. I also had triple negative BC stage...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1293211/

Discussion: Need Help on Bilateral Mastectomy or Lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 30 6:39am

I had a new diagnosis of ILC on 12/27/23 from needle core biopsy, EP+/HER2-, stage 1a,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/997324/

Discussion: Time From Needle Biopsy to MRI With Invasive Lobular?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 14, 2024

I volunteer at a breast cancer mastectomy shop connected to my local hospital in S. E....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/812285/

Discussion: Free lumpectomy, mastectomy bras

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 16, 2023

Back in 2001, I was pre-menopausal and my breast cancer was estrogen- and progesterone-positive, so I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/648061/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 25, 2021

Hi Meomurian- I also had a mastectomy at 72. Am now 74. Like one of the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/908625/

Discussion: Can someone who’s had a mastectomy share the psychological effects ?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 6, 2023

Having to live with a single mastectomy Nov. 2021 and I would one million percent recommend...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1344991/

Discussion: Feelings about single mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 10 8:50am

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