Breast Cancer Support Group

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...

Hi. I had a right breast mastectomy 3 days ago. I can’t understand the directions from my surgeon that was provided after surgery plus my...

Received very upsetting news that a new lump on my mastectomy site is indeed cancer. My mastectomy was November 24 (3.8 cm, grade 3, one...

Hello, I was recently diagnosed with DCIS Stage 0 ER+ in May 2024. I just had my lumpectomy on July 11, still bruised but otherwise...

My sister was diagnosed with invasive papillary breast cancer about a month ago in her right breast in two small spots. No presence in her...

Hi. I'm brand new to this site. I had an ultrasound that revealed a 1.2 cm mass with the microlobulated borders on the upper portion...

I was diagnosed on 9-25 and will meet with a surgeon on 11-9. She is scheduling surgeries for December and January, depending upon priority. Dx...

Hi I have DCIS, my surgeon did not get clean margins. I need another surgery for that DCIS and now they found another area of...

I am 43 and had double mastectomy 7 weeks ago. My surgeon says I am doing better than most but I should have asked more...

I am scheduled for breast surgery in December to remove pre-cancerous tissue found in an MRI. Wondering what else I can learn. My pre-cancer is...

When I had my lumpectomy in September 2020 my surgeon inserted a bioZorb for a permanent place marker for the site of cancer and to...

I have the CHEK2 mutation...BC twice 11 years apart. No lymph node involvement. My genetic counselor says we have identical genes in every cell in...

This post is threefold. First, I am currently taking anastrozole. I had IDC in 2018 and have been taking it since. I had DCIS in...

It seems I am a rarity regarding my Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and my only symptom has been my breast aching and stinging. I have had...

I have one more Zometa infusion in June (completing 3 recommended years). I have some serious tooth issues. One lower tooth broke at the root...

After a left breast lumpectomy and ten lymph node removals, then a follow-up surgery for clear margins last year, I have recently been diagnosed with...

I am newly diagnosed with IDC Stage 2, 1.3 cm in size. Estrogen Receptor positive, Progesterone positive (1-10%) so not positive enough I have been...

I was diagnosed with DCIS in Jan. Stage 0, Grade 2, ER Positive. After biopsy, I've had a seed implant and then 2 lumpectomies because...

Hello all! I am 38 years old, brca1 + and just diagnosed with a high grade invasive ductal carcinoma er- pr- and HER2 +2 (which...

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...