mastectomy

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Post Op visit

caver1 @caver1 (1762) • United States 22 Apr 09

I had a mastectomy on April 13 and had my first post op visit today. They removed the drain and said everything looked good. I go back again in 3 weeks. They will set up an appointment for me to see an oncologist so we can more...

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Surgery

caver1 @caver1 (1762) • United States 12 Apr 09

Tomorrow morning I will have a mastectomy. I'll stay one night in the hospital, so should be home Tuesday. All day today I keep thinking that this time tomorrow I'll only have one breast. It makes me kind of sad, but I know it has...

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Army of Women Needs One Million Women!

ElusiveButterfly @ElusiveButterfly (45941) • United States 4 Oct 08

I can't recall where I found the link to this website, but when I found it I immediately wrote it down so I could check it out. When I logged on to the internet later that evening I immediately went to the website and signed up....

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Drive Through Mastectomy,, PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!

LouiseKnittel @LouiseKnittel (4764) • United States 26 Aug 08

I got a e-mail today that I felt I should share with all my friends at MyLot! Please read it all! From a nurse: I'll never forget the look in my patients' eyes when I had to tell them they had to go home...

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Why remove both breasts when you have cancer?

HomeFlower @HomeFlower (987) • Canada 18 Sep 07

I read a long time ago that they can take the tumorous lump out without removing the entire breast but I still hear about women having the entire breast removed and normally the doctors take both "just in case" the other breast...

preventative measures

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Breast cancer and the BRCA 1 BRCA 2 gene change prophylactic mastectomy or not?

krasimira @krasimira (4) • Italy 2 Mar 07

I have 26 years and have the brast cancer +BRCA1 positive and moost shoose if to make the prphilactic mastectomy,the risk is elevated and i dont know what to make...You what would make?

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Check out this Article....

ElusiveButterfly @ElusiveButterfly (45941) • United States 24 Nov 06

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WOMEN - HOW OFTEN DO YOU CHECK YOUR BREASTS?

ElusiveButterfly @ElusiveButterfly (45941) • United States 23 Nov 06

You should be checking them every month! Age does not matter. Breast cancer can strike at any age. Men are not excluded from this either. Men can get breast cancer. Please remember to examine your breasts regularly....

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Breast Prosthesis - Which one is best?

ElusiveButterfly @ElusiveButterfly (45941) • United States 11 Nov 06

There are only two companies that I would recommend for women who need a breast prosthesis. As a mastectomy fitter I have found that Trulife Harmony and Silk prosthetics to be the softest breast prosthetics on the market. They...

breast prosthesis

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