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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

I debated after my lumpectomy whether to go back for mastectomy or to have radiation. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1120265/

Discussion: Deciding on Radiation : Photon or Proton?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 8, 2024

Dear meg55, I had two lumpectomies, and am now cleared to start radiation therapy in a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1086466/

Discussion: Fatigue after radiation

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 13, 2024

I had a double mastectomy with no reconstruction about 3.5 years ago. I was stage 1...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/641471/

Discussion: Abdominal swelling/bloating after a double mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 2, 2021

I had bilateral mastectomy with diep flap reconstruction in July 2020. I had it all done...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/336514/

Discussion: Please share your experience with the Diep Flap Procedure

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 4, 2021

Hi Sandy, I was diagnosed with TNBC in Feb 2016; stage 1c but grade 3 in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/208269/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 12, 2019

Ohhh...Zebra, I am near speechless... Ughhhh, my heart is very much crushed for you. You understand...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/963803/

Discussion: Genetic testing...does anyone have the CHEK2 gene mutation?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 13, 2023

Hello KK57, Your info was reposted from last year to help those of us new to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/789184/

Discussion: Ductal carcinoma in situ in one breast, lobular hyperplasia in other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 27, 2022

I am having a hard time with the site today (could very well be me). Anyway,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/160635/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 20, 2017

@gillbell84, it's been an intense number of weeks for you with diagnostic testing, appointments, making decisions...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/964993/

Discussion: DCIS grade 3 post mastectomy, no further treatment: what's next?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 14, 2023

Hi @bowhunt1969, I moved your discussion and combined it with this existing discussion on Post Mastectomy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/170165/

Discussion: Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome: How are you coping?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 23, 2018

I’m sorry that you were not given or told what you need to… 1. Keep a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1305991/

Discussion: I have been DX with DCIS grade 1 what happens next?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 17 8:52am

I have had breast cancer twice and have had bilateral lumpectomies at different times. After finding...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/46232/

Discussion: Please share your experience with the Diep Flap Procedure

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 1, 2020

My experience with letrozole was not good. I took it for 3 weeks after radiation in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1118661/

Discussion: Letrozole and checking estrogen levels

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 6, 2024

@semurrey @jlgc Hi ladies. I am finally getting caught up reading these! I am recovering well...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/918188/

Discussion: Where to begin with treatment in or south of Boston

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 24, 2023

I don't have the same type of cancer, I have medication resistant TNBC, was diagnosed in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1330986/

Discussion: Lumpectomy + radiation VS Mastectomy -- pros cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 20 5:43am

That’s great. Someone else mentioned cording. That was the word I couldn’t think of last night...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1397433/

Discussion: Ideas for relief of armpit pain after a double mastectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 20 2:21pm

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

I only did mastectomy of my right breast. I did not do reconstruction and will not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/822642/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 7, 2023

I have 2 tumors of invasive lobular carcinoma in my left breast. The largest was 6.7cm...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/794528/

Discussion: Radiation and Invasive Lobular Cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 9, 2023

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