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Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to combat breast cancer; in some cases, women believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation prophylactically, that is, to prevent cancer rather than treat it. more at Wikipedia
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| Condition | Members | Success |
| Breast Cancer | 228 |
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Mastectomy Reviews
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I had a complete mastectomy with reconstruction and a saline implant. I have never been satsified with the reconstruction. I am lopsided, and I wish I could have surgery to correct it.
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Bi-lat Mx in July 2008 no reconstruction. Honestly no pain after at all. Worst part is the drains but when those are out it is fine.
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Went amazingly well other than having the drain for almost 3 weeks! Very little pain.
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Bi-Lat
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It got rid of the cancer in the breast I had it, so it served the purpose we wanted.
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Margins not great after lumpectomy, chose mastectomy
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Surgery went well only been 12 days, I had no pain never took pain meds experienced alot of anxiety but Something I have struggled with for 10 years..
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Had mastectomy of right breast and expander implanted at the time of the surgery.
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After 100 lb weight loss, lumpectomy on left breast plus right breast sagging decided to have double subcutaneous mastectomy with reconstruction (implants) - I had also had 7 years of biopsies and were just tired of that.
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I had lots of complications and am still going through my reconstructin after 3 years
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angelina jolie double mastectomy
ohhhh... that actually brought tears to my eyes. My own mother lost the same battle at 54. Jolie has my utmost respect for the attention she has d... [More] -
angelina jolie double mastectomy
yeah...I agree...she seems to be motivated to be around for her kids...it's a pretty amazing story too because of her "beauty" and how she i... [More] -
angelina jolie double mastectomy
I have mixed feelings about this. I have read articles about women who have requested this procedure due to high risk (Mother and Sisters had breast c... [More] -
angelina jolie double mastectomy
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Mastectomy next week and needed to vent
This is probably the first time that I have been able to sit down and just let everything really sink in. Since my diagnosis on December 4th, I have j... [More]
