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Dee52 IS DOING WELL AFTER SURGERY
Oct 26, 2008 05:13PM in the Breast Cancer Community
Please send my love and prayers to her. Tell her I am sorry she had complictions, but she will bounce back before she knows it.
surgical biopsy
Oct 20, 2008 08:01PM in the Breast Cancer Community
I had an excisional (surgical) biopsy and the recovery was easy. I think I was doing the usual stuff the next day. I agree with bluesky, though, lifting will probalbly be limited a bit. Now if there was wire localization, I hear that is a little tougher. I had a second biopsy which was not surgical, it was MRI guided biopsy and they left a clip and that ...
LCIS at 45, prophylactic mastectomy definition?
Oct 15, 2008 09:26AM in the Reconstructive Surgery Expert Forum
I am 40 and had DCIS with focal invasion (stage 1-no nodes). I am also BRCA1 positive so the obvious choice was a bilateral mastectomy. I DID have nipple/skin sparing surgery in August. My surgeon is one of the pioneers in this type of surgery. He did advise me there was a slight risk of recurrence in the nipple since it IS breat tissue, but even if it di...
exchange surgery questions
Oct 14, 2008 11:43AM in the Breast Cancer Community
Thank You. .
exchange surgery questions
Oct 13, 2008 11:12AM in the Breast Cancer Community
I currently have expanders (bilateral mastectomy 8/5) and am now scheduled for my exchange surgery. I will be getting silicone implants. I was just wondering what I should expect in terms of pain, recovery time, etc. Will I have drains again? I was so excited to be getting my LAST fill and scheduling the exchange that I forgot to ask questions. All I know...
Going for right mastectomy and oopherectomy tomorrow
Oct 13, 2008 11:04AM in the Breast Cancer Community
God Bless!!!!