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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:43 PM Original message |
More women with breast cancer opt to remove healthy breast. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Makes sense to me |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. My wife did it too, but it did not help |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'm sorry |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. hugs |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I am so sorry! (hugs) |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Thanks for the hugs. It runs in her family, she was really diligent about checks and mammograms |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Several years ago I worked with a woman who had lost her mother and.. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I don't get it. Why does cancer like breasts? Are we talking the glands or the fat? |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Why did she have plastic surgery of the abdomen at the same |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I think sometimes fat from the abdomen is used in the |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. My wife had it done |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I had one breast removed. Very much |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Her mammograms always prompted follow-ups |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Tell her hi from a "sister." I turned |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Count me as one of those women... |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. My wife wishes she had had that done |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. I would do that in a heartbeat |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Gosh, the "Save the Ta-Tas" crew will be disappointed to hear this. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Serious or sarcastic? |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. As one whose spouse is eligible for prophylactic double mastectomy |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. If they carry one of the BRCA genes then they should |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'd do it. In a heartbeat. Especially if I had a strong |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. I see this fairly often |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I'm considering the DIEP reconstruction. I heard it's a hard recovery. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. I saw a news story where a woman without breast cancer had her breasts removed |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Christina Applegate had both removed even though she only had one affected |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. My sister had a double mastectomy |
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