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Night sweats post mastectomy and lumpectomy
I’ve been having on and off night sweats since my surgery. Has anyone else experienced this? I had a mastectomy and a lumpectomy
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: 2 days ago
Mastectomy instead of lumpectomy
Newly diagnosed, yesterday! My pcp had breast cancer and so she filled me in a bit. She mentioned lumpectomy then maybe moving on to mastectomy....
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 24, 2023
Lumpectomy vs mastectomy
Good morning. I am 34, in the IDC club and up to my eyeballs with conflicting information. My surgeon extremely favors double mastectomy where other...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 16, 2023
Free lumpectomy, mastectomy bras
This was news to me as I searched for a bra to have after my surgery and found out this. Your surgeon can write a...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 19, 2023
Post lumpectomy, mastectomy pain and zingers
I thought I would pass along some information that I tried on my wife with good results. She`s had constant pain, and "electric shock zingers...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 26, 2023
Lumpectomy without radiation vs Mastectomy
I have grade 1, Well Differentiated Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer. It is 9 mm. Because I can not have radiation after the Lumpectomy (I had...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 12, 2023
Lumpectomy vs Unilateral mastectomy no reconstruction
I am 46 and three weeks into my stage 1, IDC, HR+, HERS- diagnosis. I have two small tumors in one breast. My genetic testing...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 4, 2023
Deciding btw lumpectomy or prophylactic mastectomy and reconstruction
Hi, A few weeks after my 42 birthday, I was diagnosed with stage 1 grade 1 invasive lobular carcinoma and found out I am a...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 12, 2022
Anyone had a lumpectomy then decide to have mastectomy? Dcis stage 0,
I will know more after next mammogram and MRI this fall, but my after surgery mammogram was not clean. I believe I posted earlier that...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: 14 hours ago
Lumpectomy with radiation vs mastectomy for stage 1 invasive plus DCIS
Receiving mixed messages... articles and doctors saying lumpectomy with radiation is better for me... understood that I needed radiation and tamoxifen either way. My mother...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: 4 days ago
Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia AND Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
Hi all, My first time here. Never did this before. But here goes. I was just diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC) Stage 1, less...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 5 8:40pm
Conflicting surgical opinions? What now?
I had 2 consults this week. One recommended lumpectomy followed by radiation, then AI, and one for mastectomy with AI. One surgeon confident I didn’t...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 25, 2022
What can I expect having a Mastectomy of left breast
After a Lumpectomy, I am now told that I would need a mastectomy, since cancer is pass margins. What can I expect with this procedure...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 12, 2017
Can someone who’s had a mastectomy share the psychological effects ?
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...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 15, 2023
Stage 2 breast cancer: What treatments decisions did you have to make?
Just thinking how did you all decide between a lumpectomy or a mastectomy? I just don't know. I know I would not like to worry...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 16, 2020
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...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 4, 2023
Bilateral mastectomy and aromatose inhibitors or tamoxifen
I had DCIS in 2007 in the right breast with lumpectomy and radiation. I then had IDC in 2018 in left breast with lumpectomy and...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 8, 2020
Has anyone had Medicare pay for prophylactic mastectomy
I have had bilateral breast cancer and I have the CHEK2 mutation. I have had lumpectomies in both breasts and just found out about the...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 6, 2019
My journey as a husband supporting my wife’s mastectomy decision
So a little history. My wife sister died of Breast cancer 25 years ago. It was a second occurrence for her. Now my wife was...
Support Group: Caregivers
Last active: Apr 30, 2023
Did cancer come back with sudden rise in 27 29 marker?
Marker elevated after 2 years since lumpectomy. Also had mastectomy 23 years ago. Never heard of this 27 29 marker. Oncologist wants bone and cat...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 12, 2023