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September 2024 Surgery Support Thread
Please gather here to get and give support. Feel free to share your type of surgery, date, and let us know how you're preparing and how you're doing post-surgery. We're all here for you!
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October 2024 Surgery Support thread
Please gather here to get and give support. Feel free to share your type of surgery, date, and let us know how you're preparing and how you're doing post-surgery. We're all here for you!
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Advice for someone about to have breast surgery
Let's start a new thread to get this rolling!
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Getting ready for surgery? Join us on Zoom.
Our professionally facilitated In Treatment Zoom meetups are a great space to meet others going through surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or reconstruction to talk face-to-face and get support while going through active treatment. You'll pick up great tips from others who've been there, gain immeasurable support, and learn…
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Prepping for Surgery? Start Here.
For information on all types of breast cancer surgery, see the main Breastcancer.org site's pages on: Surgery, including info on what to expect with any surgery Lumpectomy , featuring info on what it is, risks and what to expect Mastectomy , with what to expect, risks, and questions to ask Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy, for…
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Post Masectomy Pain After Emptying Drains
After single masectomy (right) surgery a single drain was put in a has to be emptied throughout the day. After emptying, there is pain radiating side to side, which seems to be from the drain vacuum pressure when it's empty. Any recommendations for pain management? we are Taking pain medication as prescribed Emptying drain…
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November 2024 Surgery Support Thread
Please gather here to get and give support. Feel free to share your type of surgery, date, and let us know how you're preparing and how you're doing post-surgery. We're all here for you!
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Mastectomy after radiation - healing issues?
Hi there! New to the forum. Was diagnosed with DCIS a year ago and had 2 lumpectomy surgeries (to get good margins) plus radiation. Now a year later, they have found Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia in my other breast. Looking at another surgery, possibly more?, heightened screening and probably medication for estrogen…
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Pain with tissue expanders two weeks post double mastectomy
hi all - I had a skin saving double mastectomy two weeks ago and at the one week follow up the nurse said “you look pretty full” and saw that the PS filled one at 450 and the other at 400. After the one week appointment, as the surgery swelling went down, I started getting sharp pains at the bottom of my left chest, by the…
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Incision didn't heal after lumpectomy and reconstruction surgery
Hello, September 12, 2024 I had a lumpectomy with reconstruction on my right breast. Cancer was removed. Unfortunately I have to have a second surgery to close up the wound, the incision did not heal and has opened up where wound care, wound vac was not going to heal the incision. My care team assures me there is no…
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Scared. Breast edema after mastectomy with reconstruction
Back on the forum after 1.5 years… I was diagnosed with TNBC 2 years ago: 3cm, no lymph node invasion. I had 16 Chemo+6 Keytruda, double mastectomy with reconstruction, and PCR. All 23 nodes were removed, without infiltration signs. I had no Rads or other treatment since. In January 2024 I had another surgery on the same…
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Pulsing/Vibrating sensation in lumpectomy breast
Just wondering if anyone has experienced a pulsing type vibrating sensation in their breast following surgery and radiation and what they did about it? I am 4 months post-lumpectomy and 2 months post-radiation and for the last 4 days I have had a strange, constant, high speed vibrating sensation in the lumpectomy area. Is…
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Questions regarding Metastatic BC
Previously had stage 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma=lumpectomy, 7 weeks radiation, then tamoxifen (stopped taking after 1.5 yrs).BRACA testing at this time was negative. OncoDX number was 11. Fast forward 7 years, It is now Metastatic. I am ER +, PR+, HERS2-. PET Scan a couple days ago, received results ..alot of "no's/none"…
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May 2024 Surgery Support Thread
Please gather here to get and give support. Feel free to share your type of surgery, date, and let us know how you're preparing and how you're doing post-surgery. We're all here for you!
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Urgent Help! Mastectomy vs. Lumpectomy and Radiation
Hello, I'm new here. I am struggling with a surgery decision. I am scheduled for a double mastectomy next week. I've had a lumpectomy (April) and a re-excision (May). I just finished chemo a little over a month ago (TC x 4). First oncologist wanted ACT x 9, but Stanford tumor board said TC x 4. I was diagnosed in late…
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Hypersensitive skin/nerves after mastectomy
Hi, I am new to the forum, so I apologize if the question has been asked and answered in the past. I had a double mastectomy 7 weeks ago (no recon) and the second week after it I started experiencing a strange kind of pain in the upper chest area and armpits. It feels like a bad sunburn being rubbed over with sandpaper. It…
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NorCal Kaiser Dr Rec??
Hi. I was diagnosed last week with DCIS and I am feeling pretty overwhelmed. I need a mastectomy and I am considering an asthetic flat closure. Does anyone have any experience with a good Kaiser surgeon & plastic surgeon? I’m in the SF Bay Area so I can travel to any nearby Kaiser. I just don’t know which Kaiser has the…
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The Mastectomy I Always Wanted
The Mastectomy I Always Wanted Sep 13, 2024 Erica Neubert Campbell discusses her memoir about her breast cancer diagnosis, double mastectomy, and reconstruction. While preparing for breast cancer surgery and reconstruction, Erica Neubert Campbell was understandably scared and anxious. She also had no idea what her…
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Post mastectomy finger tingling and numbness
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…
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Which doctor will manage your regular check up/ monitoring after your breast surgery
Hello. I was just diagnosed with IDC. I’m still confused about the roles of different doctors. I know the surgeon does the surgery. The medical oncologist deals with meds (tamoxifen, etc). The radiology oncologist does radiation therapy. However, I’m not sure what doctor is devising the treatment plan (do I need chemo, do…
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Scar Care
Hi! I'm curious about the best ways people have found to care for their incision scars. I'm three weeks out from my lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy. My physical therapist suggested Vitamin E or coconut oil and gentle self-massage. I did a quick/limited search online and found several studies that determined that…
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June and July 2024 Surgery Support Thread
Please gather here to get and give support. Feel free to share your type of surgery, date, and let us know how you're preparing and how you're doing post-surgery. We're all here for you!
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August 2024 Surgery Support thread
Please gather here to get and give support. Feel free to share your type of surgery, date, and let us know how you're preparing and how you're doing post-surgery. We're all here for you!
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Savi Scout and Fat Necrosis
I didn't have a good experience with my Savi Scout placement. Had I known what was involved, I would have gone to the facility that did both of my biopsies. It seemed the facility I was at was very new at doing these as some of the equipment - was still wrapped in plastic. Had it not been the Friday before my surgery I…
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September 2024 Surgery Planned?
Looking for others preparing for surgery this September 2024.
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Could Someone Give me Advice on Post Mastectomy Recovery and Emotional Support?
Hello there, I am reaching out to this community for some guidance and support as I am currently navigating a challenging time. I recently underwent a mastectomy; and while the physical recovery is progressing, I am struggling with the emotional aspects of the experience. The surgery itself went smoothly; but now that I am…
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Experience with choosing lumpectomy or mastectomy
I am scheduled for a lumpectomy with reduction/lift in a short two weeks, and I feel like l am losing my mind worrying that I've made the wrong decision. When I was first diagnosed in June, I was totally ready to have a bilateral mastectomy and just get it over with. But, I was prescribed neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and -…
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Change the position of my left breast after my right breast removed
I am 60 yo with DCIS stage 0 grade 2 on my right breast which was removed on May. During the healing process, i feel my left breast moved more toward to the left. My nipple is kind of erected most of time which is uncomfortable. I slept on my back without the mastectomy foam on my right breast and I feel aching of my left…
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Anyone have nerve damage to leg during surgery? Turned out to be minor stroke
Hello all, I’m wondering if anyone has had similar issues following surgery Brief summary: July 2022: had a heart attack and stent placed. Began 1 year treatment with Plavix to prevent clotting of cardiac stent. September 2022: diagnosed with DCIS. Surgery delayed due to recent heart attack and Plavix. Began treatment with…
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How long did your discomfort last?
I am a little over two weeks out from lumpectomy with sentinel lymph node biopsy. At the same time I had an oncoplastic breast reduction on both sides. I'm wondering if others have continuing irritation/pain on the biopsy side and how long I can expect it to last. I sort of expected the annoying irritation to be gone by…
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Tips for Bilateral Mastectomy with Immediate Tissue Expander AND Implant Exchange
My Breast Cancer Journey from the perspective of a physician/patient/wife/mom of 3 boys and 1 pup: Dec 2022- First screening mammogram (Age 45, no risk factors) found over a 5 cm area of microcalcifications of left breast near nipple, which then led to 4 additional mammograms and ultrasound biopsy. Biopsy showed DCIS, high…
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Some People With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Don’t Need Axillary Lymph Node Surgery
Some People With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Don’t Need Axillary Lymph Node Surgery Jun 10, 2024 Skipping axillary lymph node surgery may be an option for certain people with small, early-stage breast cancer, even if one or two sentinel nodes are positive for cancer. Read more…
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Post Surgery Recovery
I'm writing for help concerning my Thai 30+ year old friend who just had a radical double mastectomy, her second cancer surgery in 6 years. She is not getting any help from her surgeon on what she can or cannot, and what she should or should not do. This is especially important since she has children 1, 6, 10. First…
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Difficult Reconstruction
I had a reconstruction with expander and then implant when I was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 years ago. I had an excisional biopsy in November that never healed so they removed the implant and placed a new tissue expander. Unfortunately, because of the radiated skin, I had two infections and the expander had to be…