Breast Cancer Support Group

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...

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?

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hello, I have had a mastectomy on the left with a tissue expander placed for future reconstruction. Since my diagnosis I have been going back...

I had DCIS 12 years ago with lumpectomy and radiation. I now have IDC, and my only option is a mastectomy. I’m 72 and have...

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...

I just had my first scan (MRI) since my mastectomy/diep flap reconstruction July 2020. Of course something has shown up and I feel like vomiting....

HiI'm a 22 year BC survivor. Diagnosed at 35. Lumpectomy, Radiation, Tamoxifen12 years later Atypical cells in other breastMastectomyReconstruction with skin and nipple preservationI've noticed...

My 42yr old daughter had mastectomy with reconstruction at the same time. She is HR/PR+ HER-, No radiation, no chemo (oncotype 15), She also had...

I was diagnosed with DCIS in my left breast and after a MRI, they found DCIS in another location in the left breast. I am...

I've had skin cancer, double mastectomy due to breast cancer & reconstruction, and now thyroid cancer & had to have thyroid removed. I'm scared &...

I was just made aware that I had the above and am being put on cefadroxil for 21 days. If the antibiotics don’t work I...

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...

I had a double mastectomy two years ago, after a lumpectomy 7 years before that, I needed chemo and radiation both times. My first was...