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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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I had an overnight staty i te hospital nd not tpo much pain. i left wth a drain that was in several weeks and was hjappy when it came out. No big deal, really. Looking forward to reconstruction and being cancer free.
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double Mastectomy
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Everything went well.
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single mastectomy.
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They seemed to have gotten all of it and it did not spread to my lymphnodes. So I am trying to live my life without the worry of it returning.
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Partial mastectomy on one side and full on the other a year later. Shocked both times but was treated wonderful and fully informed and given different choices and options. I feel very blessed for that.
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MULTILATED FROM THE WAIST UP
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Radical Mastectomy becaust tumor went into chest wall. Developed lymphadema in arm
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I had a modified radical mastectomy on breast cancer side and a prophylactic mastectomy on the other since I had such an aggressive cancer and positive nodes.
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I had a double mastectomy. I wasn't all that traumatised by it for some reason. I didn't like my breast anyway. My breast look better now. I had both breast removed as a precautionary reason although my cancer was in my left breast.
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see surgery
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9/10/08 had to go back in next day to relieve hematoma. healing was not as good as hoped w/ incision due to reopening. Pathology from Mast. was very good!
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I am having a double mastectomy even though at this time I only have cancer in my left breast. When they did the testing on my hormone factors for my right breast that I most likely would develop breast cancer there also.
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surgery is the first wk of june
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Upcoming Mastectomy
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in my left breast Aug 28 2008 and had a lumpectomy and sentinel biopsy on 10/3. The lymph node came back clear but ... [More] -
Mastectomy?
Last year my cousin had two kind of breast cancers, so she had a full mastectomy. They took off the nipples to. At the time of surgery, they put in tw... [More] -
Mastectomy?
Has anyone ever had a full mastectomy? How do you feel about yourself now, and were there any complications? [More] -
bilateral mastectomy
Hello, I had a bilatteral mastectomy and I also had my overies taken out at the same time. I was never in any pain and I started moving right away. My... [More] -
bilateral mastectomy
Hey there! Personally I did not have a mastectomy, I had a lumpectomy, but as a nurse who has taken care of ladies who had had bilat mastectomies I c... [More]
