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Do expanders feel more comfortable as they are filled each week?
I am almost 2 weeks post-op with bi-lateral mastectomy and reconstruction placement of expanders. I also came out of surgery with 4 drains, 2 have...
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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...
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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...
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overweight and breast cancer
I was diagnosed two months ago. We, the Dr and I, agreed that bilateral mastectomy is the best option. Where I live, implants are the...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Capsular contracture following implant surgery
Four months after having my reconstruction surgery with gummy bear implants my right breast was higher than my left. Assuming it just hasn’t fallen I...
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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...
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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...
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I will have mine here in Austin https://www.drpotter.com/diep-flap-reconstruction/
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1095054/
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I had a single mastectomy and reconstruction. I was hell bent on avoiding radiation. Sometimes it...
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@shell2023, are you deciding whether to do reconstruction or not? How goes the decision making?
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