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Deciding if I should do bilateral or double mastectomy??
I was just diagnosed w/DCIS & IDC in my right breast. Unfortunately the masses are so large that lumpectomy is out of the question. I...
Sparing mastectomy/Diep - What was your recommended follow-up?
I have just completed bilateral skin sparing mastectomy with diep reconstruction after having DCIS (2007) in one breast, IDC (2018) in the other breast and...
Deciding whether to have diagnostic sentinel lymph node removal
I had DCIS in 2007 and IDC/DCIS in 2018. Both times with lumpectomies/sentinel node removal, radiation, and AI meds. Both times both times sentinel nodes...
Any information on the DaVinci technology for mastectomy?
I am looking into getting a mastectomy and reconstruction using the assisted robotic da Vinci technology. Does anyone know someone who has had this procedure?
Abdominal swelling/bloating after a double mastectomy
I have not had reconstruction yet and it has been a year. I am not fat just looks like a have a basketball under my...
Feelings on going “flat”.
I recently had a mammogram that turned into a biopsy and I just got the results that my right breast has invasive lobular cancer in...
Mast Activation Syndrome and Osteoporosis
After breast cancer, double mastectomies, and reconstruction, I developed worsening osteoporosis (lost 18% in my spine in two years), high cholesterol, and worsening severe Mast...
Post-Mastectomy Nerve Damage in Arm & Hand
Hello, I had a double mastectomy with reconstruction and 9 lymph nodes removed on the right side today. Has anyone else experienced significant numbness and...
Double Mastectomy-Considering DIEP flap~Timing and Recovery Questions
I was diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) ER+, Nuclear grade 3 in my left breast. My local physician was so nonchalant about the...
Reconstructive at same time as lumpectomy, then radiation?
Hi, I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed HER2 triple positive in Feb and started chemo in March. I am having chemo #5...
Ideas for relief of armpit pain after a double mastectomy?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ideas-for-relief-of-armpit-pain-after-a-double-mastectomy/
I just had a double mastectomy with reconstruction. My arm pit pain is sharper than any other pain. I’m taking my muscle relaxers and pain...
Fat Necrosis
I have lumps where lymph nodes are that are sore. Onc says it's just fat necrosis. My surgeon told me to cone see her for...
What Keytruda side effects did you have (after chemo)?
I finish six months of chemotherapy, followed by a double mastectomy reconstruction. Thank God, I am cancer free! I will be on Keytruda for one...
Declining Chemotherapy
Hello. I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast. I chose to have a double mastectomy with reconstruction. The oncologist has recommended...
Anyone taking Lupron (leuprolide) for breast cancer?
My 42 year old daughter was diagnosed with stage 1 Grade 2 Invasive ductal carcinoma and extensive DCIS. She had mastectomy with reconstruction in April....
What precautions should I take after Skin sparing Mastectomy?
I had skin sparing Mastectomy on 4th Jan and reconstruction with muscle flap.I want to know what kind of precautions I have to take now...
Please share your experience with the Diep Flap Procedure
I had a bilateral mastectomy and had implants removed due to an infection. I am now at a point that I can consider reconstruction. At...
Mastectomies are not an option for those over 65???!!!
A friend of mine has had breast cancer twice...DCIS and IDC....both breasts....as I have. She told me that she had suggested mastectomy to her surgeon...
Anyone else have CHEK2 gene mutation? And have had multiple cancers?
I've had skin cancer, double mastectomy due to breast cancer & reconstruction, and now thyroid cancer & had to have thyroid removed. I'm scared &...
Where to go for DIEP reconstructive breast surgery?
Rochester Mayo is booked out for 2 years! So why even advertise that you preform it! 2 years is ridiculous! And why aren’t doctors learning...
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