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Anyone have Mastopexy (Breast Lift Surgery) after Lumpectomy?
Hi I am under 45 and diagnosed with ICD stage 1. I have Lumpectomy scheduled and was recommended to have breast lift 2 weeks after...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 1, 2023
Metastatic breast cancer: Anyone else?
Hello...I am new to this site. I had BC originally in 1989 with lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. After 4 months of pains, thought to be...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 12, 2024
How do you feel about patient portal mistakes?
How would you feel in my position? I saw my primary care doctor about a condition that was not related to my Breast Radiation but...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 28, 2023
Completed 5 years of anastrozole. Withdrawal symptoms? Side effects?
Monday, July 23rd, after consulting with Dr. Loprinzi, we decided to have me stop taking anastrozole. (Arimidex). It has been 5 years since I started...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 13 10:51pm
Looking for a breast Plastic Surgeon at Mayo Clinic
I have had a double mastectomy and expanders placed back on October 21, 2024.I have had complications with my left expander since the placemat, seroma...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 3, 2025
Anyone had Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia in their pathology margins?
Hi! Grateful for this forum. Just got my pathology from Lumpectomy back and it's mostly good news! All margins and nodes negative, total tumour ILC...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 2, 2025
DCIs hi grade after lumpectomy
Has anyone selected a lumpectomy without radiation? Pathology report posted a 7m clear margin. What was your outcome?
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 6, 2023
Questions as I prepare for a lumpectomy: Tips please
HelloI’m diagnosed with DCIS and have a lumpectomy scheduled for 5/11I’m hoping you can share with me the experience after a lumpectomy(1)Were you in pain...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 27 1:54pm
DCIS Treatment Plan
Had invasive removed with good clear margins but still have multiple small (2mm) pockets of DCIS (precancer/stage 0) after re-excision and recommendation is mastectomy/amputation. I’m...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 31 11:11am
New LCIS: Anyone taking raloxifene?
I am 5th year,after having TNBC, did ACT chemo and radiation. Diag was DCIS, first lumpectomy the margins weren't clear, second surgery got it. No...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 21, 2023
Is there anyone that had estrogen positive cancer, without use of AI?
Is there anyone with stage 1 breast cancer, estrogen positive that had a lumpectomy followed by radiation without any other treatment and has remained cancer...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jul 23, 2025
Is shingles contagious?
My husband is being treated for shingles, noticed them yesterday, and will start today on an antiviral. I take Letrozole and had a hormone positive...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 19 1:12pm
Need to start hormone therapy
I'm 48 yrs. old and have 1A breast ca. My onc. type came back right on the cusp to receive chemo. The oncologist recommended chemo...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 12, 2023
After treatment
Hi Surgeries are done radiation is done starting tamoxifen I feel lost after living this for 6 months I was so happy the night I...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 21, 2024
Treatment plan questions following my wife's recent diagnosis?
Wife (age72 in good health) was diagnosed with breast cancer (DCIS, Hormone Receptor Positive, IDC)? a few weeks ago after an imaging test and a...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 23, 2025
Phrenic Nerve damage and paralyzed diaphragm: Anyone else have this?
Phrenic nerve on the right side was destroyed due to radiation for breast cancer. Diaphragm is now paralyzed & taking away lung capacity. Anyone else...
Support Group: Lung Health
Last active: Mar 5 3:37am
AI Impact on Blood Sugar
46, Right breast IDC, ER+, PR+, HER2-, BRCA -, ONCO 18 node negative (with isolated tumor cells in the lymph nodes) I had a lumpectomy...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 8, 2024
Diagnosed with breast cancer & primary lung cancer: Next steps?
Hi. I’m Barbara. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October. At the pre op I had a slight cough. I was diagnosed with pneumonia...
Support Group: Lung Cancer
Last active: 5 days ago
Prone position mapping for left breast.
My question concerns Prone position radiation mapping/markings. Where are the markings supposed to be on the body for the prone position? Mine are on my...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 10, 2023