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My plastic surgeon at Mayo in MN would not do direct to implant...stated too many things...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/892006/

Discussion: Direct to Implant and Reconstruction Same Day

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 8, 2023

UPDATE: Surgery is now scheduled - mid-morning of June 5th. Lumpectomy is the route we are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/845324/

Discussion: Breast surgeon questions

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 18, 2023

UPDATE - I got the results from my ultrasound biopsy which was on 4/12, the results...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/844136/

Discussion: Breast surgeon questions

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 16, 2023

Ate you having a mastectomy? I don’t know the details of your situation but I think...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783335/

Discussion: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Time till surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2022

Thank you so much for this information. I have read about the oncotype testing and plan...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/697093/

Discussion: What problems have you had with Tamoxifen?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 8, 2022

Was diagnosed on April 14. Stage 1a, IDC, HR+PR+HERs2- The surgeon in Duluth told me that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/605085/

Discussion: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 27, 2021

Tattoos fade and they fade in a bizarre patchy way. After way too many surgeries my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/744521/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 2, 2022

Hi! Chris: Thank you so much for replying and pondering upon these questions with me, you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/997207/

Discussion: What kind of scan should one have after a partial mastectomy surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 14, 2024

@pinky2640 I hope it’s not the case for you. I know when I did the MRI,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/951823/

Discussion: Nipple Discharge

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 22, 2023

I had the double Mastectomy and gel implants in one surgery. The surgery took two hours...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/915046/

Discussion: Has anyone had gel implants placed day of surgery vs expanders?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 18, 2023

Best of luck! I go to Mayo in AZ. My primary had me started somewhere else...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/948398/

Discussion: IBC TNBC left breast, one year later in right while still in treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 16, 2023

If your left breast is high risk benign, why don’t you just remove it thus not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/801111/

Discussion: Is it possible to be ER+ in one breast, but have ADH in the other?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 24, 2023

I understand that the surgeon might have felt the risk to higher due to extenuating factors,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/705513/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 4, 2022

This sounds very similar to my case. My surgeon, however, thinks she can revise the original...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/700965/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 21, 2022

I too was diagnosed with adh 2 yes ago and was told by breast surgeon a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/211229/

Discussion: Anyone dealing with Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH)?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 3, 2018

Thank you so much for your kind words and for including me in your thoughts. My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1091236/

Discussion: Just diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC): Any advice?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 21, 2024

I was diagnosed with estrogen positive invasive lobular cancer in 1998 and was also given the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1028818/

Discussion: Invasive lobular cancer and treatment choices

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2024

@mmichele and @mandyc, welcome. Deciding on treatment is a very personal decision that is hard to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/972569/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 29, 2023

Hi @stars7. For me since my surgery, even a post surgery sports bra was uncomfortable (painful)....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1221527/

Discussion: Anyone experience pain on one side wth placement of Tissue Expander?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 25 3:10pm

Texas5, I'm in a similar position with the decision to radiate causing more anxiety than the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1187429/

Discussion: Did anyone else decide to not have radiation?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 9, 2024

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