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You mention that you are currently undergoing breast reconstruction. My CA 27.29 showed an increase when...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/600258/

Discussion: CA 27-29 numbers rising: Does anyone else have an issue like this?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 8, 2021

I am 73 so no reconstruction. Did not want next surgery. Just been reading about the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/990634/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 3, 2024

Thank you! That’s helpful! I just have been unsure with a cancer reconstruction whether they actually...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/968646/

Discussion: Plastic surgery: Do they ever go back & adjust mismatched breasts?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 21, 2023

I opted not to do reconstruction and I'm happy with my decision. I got the prosthetic...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/208241/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 8, 2018

Hi @splewis84, I'm tagging fellow members @maggieb892 @janisbrede @yulichka00 @savannah1959 @ellens @anjalima @snowdown and others as...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/923478/

Discussion: Implants after reconstruction surgery losing their shape: Anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 3, 2023

@kk57 Well 2 kids later...my breast size became a 36C/D. I would say now that I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/604440/

Discussion: Goldilocks Mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 24, 2021

Hi mjorskir, I decided to do masectomy without reconstruction because at 67 I didn't want more...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1360417/

Discussion: Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 31 3:36am

See my comment below. For me, chemo was done first to shrink the tumor, then surgery....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860122/

Discussion: Mastectomy instead of lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 15, 2023

Thanks for bringing this up. I am in the beginning phases and actually wondering if I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1016709/

Discussion: Feelings on going “flat”.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 16, 2024

@kruzin I was hoping you could share which route you went with. I just went with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/760527/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2022

Would you mind sharing how many years ago was this? I am always looking for the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/765300/

Discussion: Breast cancer spread to lymph nodes. Would you choose chemo?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 25, 2022

Well, I am 55 and have same diagnoses plus HER2. My doctors and I have chosen...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/663675/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 19, 2021

I have not heard of that @jane2024. I did not have any chest reconstruction. I am...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1025209/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 29, 2024

Hi. Thank you for your well wishes. The plastic surgeon did not think I was a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/257083/

Discussion: The math of invasive breast cancer risk for LCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 31, 2019

Hello! I am 16 months out from double mastectomy and sentinel dissection - radiation followed and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/883055/

Discussion: Any testimonies where cancer didn't return?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 22, 2023

Thank you and good luck on your reconstruction! I may be headed down that road myself....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1122388/

Discussion: Lumpectomy or mastectomy that is the dilema. Any insight would help.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

I read about it on the internet, like a chest wall reconstruction after the breasts are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1025164/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 29, 2024

That is great and so much like me. Very reassuring. I am going with mastectomy of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1070629/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 19, 2024

@orchardgirl, I had a left mastectomy in late 2020 at age 65, and I healed quite...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/779377/

Discussion: Mastectomies are not an option for those over 65???!!!

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 30, 2022

In 1999 I was diagnosed with DCIS. At that time I was not very educated about...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1218934/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 22 11:18am

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