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In medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to treat breast cancer; in some cases, women and some m
Posted on Thu, Sep. 04, 2003
EXCERPT: ... especially as she was facing another surgery related to her cancer. (It was a reconstruction to get rid of the silicone implant.)
The healing power of
Posted on Thu, Sep. 04, 2003
EXCERPT: ... especially as she was facing another surgery related to her cancer. (It was a reconstruction to get rid of the silicone implant.)
The healing power of ex
Hello all. Thanks for any and all help. A dear friend is having a (double) mastectomy in a couple of days. I've tried to find some information on-line about what she should expect in terms of recovery
Hi all, a question that was asked off me to-day , why did you stop taking
Tamoxifen after your double mastectomy , well dr. said it's not doing any good now . So what are your feelings on this , am I
...our (grade 3) which had spread to two lymph nodes and there are extra nodal deposits. I was advised to have a mastectomy for the best prognosis but opted for a wide local excision plus reconstruction ...
...ed in all patients who receive breast conservation therapy (BCT). It is also recommended for patients after a mastectomy who had large tumors, lymph node involvement, or close/positive margins after t...
...ed after my diagnosis. I do not eat or drink more and I try to take regular exercise but to no avail. I had a mastectomy three years ago but no chemo. Perhaps menopause is to blame. I am 53, however I...
...and underlying tissues where the breast used to be. This type of recurrence can happen even if you have had a mastectomy.
Regional recurrence. Occurs in the lymph nodes near the affected breast. Th...
Since the botched mastectomy in April 2003 (at Baylor/Methodist in
Houston), I've had yeast infection on the skin.
At that time, the yeast & other infections were treated for months. The yeast i
Anybody have bilateral mastectomy who is a swimmer?
While I typically don`t get in the water deliberately (except showers!), I`m supposed to take a swimsuit to rowing camp. I`m unenthusiastic abo
... in terms of pain and recovery time. But how do they remove the lymph nodes? Can they get at them through the mastectomy incision, or do they need to make another incision in the armpit? Does this pro...
...ange to have the "smallest, least aggressive, most possible picture" and still think I might have to have a mastectomy. If I had been told at the beginning with DCIS that this was what would happen...
...t a few years ago that they could skip it.
The added therapy mostly affects those women who are treated with mastectomy and chemotherapy, and have fairly good prognoses at what is called Stage 2 canc...
...w her case turns out, it illustrates some of the problems facing women who have breast implants, either after mastectomy or to enhance their physique.
"This implant needs to be removed in order to al...
My mom had a bilateral mastectomy last March, and has been having almost continuous shoulder pain since then. All this while I assumed it was because of the surgery, but now since it has been a year s
...ck for blood flow, to ease my mind, but that there was no way to tell if it was lobular cancer unless i had a mastectomy...is this correct? holey camoley...
anyway, i am going to have the mri, but w...
...e to wait before starting chemo and radiation, if they're necessary.
If it takes 6 to 8 weeks to heal from a mastectomy and auxillory dissection, do they wait that long before starting? Would a recon...
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First mastectomy for breast cancer was performed.
1895 Wilhelem Conrad Rontgen discovers
a new kind of radiation that he calls x-rays.
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...stochondritis, I know it has nothing to do with breast cancer , but the pain was in the left breast under the mastectomy scar , Dr. said inflamed cartilages between the ribs , and as
I also have a hea...
I'm so glad I found you! I had a double mastectomy on 2001...went thru
Chemo and Radiation. Doing fine now except for a burning pain under my armpits and a feeling of being swollen, but when I look a
I'm now 15 months post mastectomy on the right side &
9 months after my prophylactic surgery. Lately I've been waking up with both hands swollen. The right is the worst. I'm assuming that this
... ago. Several small (pea sized) tumours appeared at the edge of the area where she had tissue removed in a mastectomy. She was taking tamoxifen but this didn`t stop the cancer recurring.
The tu...
...hat it has shown positive for BRCA1, her doctor is recommending to stop radiation and proceed with a double mastectomy.
I have a couple of concerns:
1. I`ve read that there has been some specu...
...anufacturer-seller, but nothing better than previous ones for patients? Here is my situation below:
I had mastectomy of my left breast, the doctor put me on Tamoxifen for almost sixteen months; t...
A mastectomy is when a woman's breast is removed in order to
remove cancerous breast cells/tissue.
If you know anyone who has had a Mastectomy, you may know that there is a lot of discomfort and
Q- My mother aged 55 had surgery(Mastectomy) on 2nd April 2008 in AIIMS, Delhi. The Histopathology Report is as follows--- Specimen of right modified radical mastectomy measuring 20*12*3cm. On cut s
Note: Found this article very interesting ...
It didn't mention how many women had reconstruction after mastectomy ...
enough to get a lumpectomy or two. I guess I was dreaming in techo-colour.
I agreed to a mastectomy (crossed my fingers behind my back) under the condition that I leave the hospital with another brea
...tment at some point someone will ask if I want my breast either reconstructed or have an implant. My partial mastectomy left me looking almost normal from the front, but with a large divot on the sid...
Su, you HAD chemo and a mastectomy - quite some time ago. Isn't it about time that you quit playing the victim? I've also had chemo and a mastectomy and a stem cell transplant - it would never occur t
... diagnosis). He said the
carcinoma 'in situ'. So, the plan, which I'm going along with is to have a simple mastectomy in the next few weeks (May 17th) which will remove the breast tissue (pretty sm...
...e my lumpectomy for a small invasive ductal cancer in 2000. Unfortunately it is back and I am having a double mastectomy next Thursday June 3rd. What I would like is advise on what to expect.. Recover...
... some responses to a minor quandary I have.
I`m currently recuperating from August 4th surgery: bilateral mastectomy and immediate diep flap reconstruction. It`s a godsend to read all these posts...
I had a mastectomy in 1986, and a second in 1996. In 2002, I found a lump under my arm which proved to be a NEW brest cancer due to the surgeon failing to remove enough breast tissue during the 1996
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