Breast Cancer Support Group

I am considering DIEP flap reconstruction and have misgivings about the number of surgeries involved and the unintended side effects, such as too-tight abdominal closure...

Hello- I’ll be having my Diep flap surgery in February next year at Mayo. Please can anyone give me an advice or feedback about an...

Are there any medical advantages to going flat over doing DIEP flap? I am having a hard time deciding whether to go flat or have...

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...

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....

What is the appropriate process? Can you ask for prior patients as references? How do you know if a doctor has a successful track record...

What are the chances of getting breast cancer again after bilateral mastectomy with diep reconstruction? First BC…DCIS right breast with radiation and tamoxifen. Second BC...

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 am s/p ILC diagnosis, s/p SMX with immediate DIEP reconstruction 3/28/24. Early stage and no lymph involvement. Strongly ER+/PR+/HER2-. I met with med onc....

I did not know where to go with this discussion, but figured that the BC issue is behind this so I am starting here. I...