Surgical options and helpful tips for recovery and side effects.
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Hi and happy holidays (or at least coping holidays—whatever we can muster at this point, I think), I just wondered if anyone had any thoughts or remedies or experiences to help me think through my SLNB. I had a delayed SLNB, so I got it after the mastectomy. Well, it hurts so much more than I had ever imagined. I know that…
Has anyone experienced hand/finger numbness and tingling after mastectomy and sentinel node biopsy? I had mastectomy about six weeks ago. No chemo or radiation. My pinky and ring fingers experience numbness from time to time. I understand numbness in the armpit or chest area is normal. What about numbness in the hands and…
I assumed I would have drains after my mastectomy, but my surgeon says he prefers not to use them and we will greatly reduce risk of infection. What is your experience if you didn’t have drains?? Did you have seroma?
My surgeon told me that for her institution, after axillary dissection, the bypass is only done on for the arm, and not breast. If you have experience with bypass, what is done for both arm and breast? Also, there is comment that the bypass might be destroyed by radiation. Have you heard about this? Thank you.
This site got me through treatment. There used to be lists - how to prep for mastectomy. That list was soooooo helpful for me. I have a friend who is having a double mastectomy in two weeks. I can’t remember every tip and trick I learned because that was 2015. Is this list somewhere I can’t find? If it’s no longer…
has anyone had to have a stress test before surgery? When my port was put in they noticed slow blood flow to my heart. Now surgeon wants a stress test done before breast surgery
Hello, I had a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction implants for triple negative breast cancer on Ictober 21,2024. Pathology revealed no cancer in the limp nodes 😀but they did not find the biopsy clip( or the small tumor most likely). Have to go back for another surgery like a lumpectomy and possibly exchange of that…
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