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I had heard about those knitted knockers. I praise the people who make them. I did...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1251419/

Discussion: Off Anastrozole and Letrozole after a year

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 5 11:56pm

So sorry you are having to go through this again. Hugs your way. I had chose...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1016693/

Discussion: Feelings on going “flat”.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 16, 2024

Hello, I had to ask for another surgeon at Mayo Clinic as the one assigned really...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/770808/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy without Reconstruction Recovery Timeline

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 8, 2022

Thanks! What was the surgery and recovery like to get everything removed? Did you need drains...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/852156/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 30, 2023

Had double mastectomy at 54. Stage 1 BC but BRCA2 mutation. No reconstruction. Go flat most...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/984735/

Discussion: Double mastectomy: Anyone have major side effects and/or regrets?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 22, 2023

Hi I recently had double mastectomy and went flat. Things are going ok and I am...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1055910/

Discussion: Double mastectomy: Anyone have major side effects and/or regrets?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 23, 2024

The DIEP flap surgery was 16 hours. I am 10 weeks out and still can't stand...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1381548/

Discussion: Double mastectomy: Anyone have major side effects and/or regrets?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 28 6:10pm

I self check monthly or more and my Onco NP palpates my chest and Axilla every...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/653020/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 10, 2021

my story is similiar, but my breast cancer recurrance in the same breast was almost 20...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1130651/

Discussion: Declining Chemotherapy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 25, 2024

Hi there. I had my right mastectomy grade 3 IDC close to the chest wall. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/861692/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 18, 2023

I know you don't want to but I posted a youtube video Flat & Proud. I've...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/806032/

Discussion: Total skin sparing double mastectomy -> Expanders -> Implants?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 3, 2023

Certainly a personal choice. I'm 58 years old and had a unilateral mastectomy a year ago...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1286588/

Discussion: Are there any medical advantages to going flat over doing DIEP flap?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 21 9:53am

Hi! I had bilateral mastectomy about one year ago. I decided to go flat at that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/247113/

Discussion: Who Else Has Decided NOT To Have Implants or Reconstructive Surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 15, 2019

Hi they suggest full mastectomy on one breast and try to match the other . I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/988745/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 30, 2023

@cindylb I didn't have full mastectomies, just greatly reduced and reshaped so they're about a size...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/267109/

Discussion: Can you get lymphedema if you only had sentinel node removed?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 27, 2019

I had two mastectomies and "went flat." I don't wear a bra or prostheses of any...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/761412/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 15, 2022

I originally had a lumpectomy and when cancer returned to the same breast I had decided...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1298331/

Discussion: Feelings on going “flat”.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 6 2:31pm

@pinkbean sorry you are going through this. Let us know the particulars of the lesions they...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/781423/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 5, 2022

I had mastectomy was due to I already had lumpectomy for ADH a year ago and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1038856/

Discussion: Tamoxifen prescribed after ADH (Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia) diagnosis

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 23, 2024

Unilateral mastectomy Feb 2022. Silicone implant and generally very pleased with cosmetic result. Worried about implant...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/988743/

Discussion: Options for Explanting: What did you choose to do?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 30, 2023

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