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peacebird

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1. Good points. My dear Aunt Ginger had a mastectomy in her late 70's, & they sent her home

Sat May 18, 2013, 06:08 PM

May 2013

alone two days later. Fortunately friends in her apartment building became concerned when they did not see her for several days and called the super to check on her. She had a massive infection and was so ill she was too weak to get out of bed to call for help.
She was hospitalized for a couple days, then sent home alone again. She had bloody oozing from the tube for almost a month. The lack of after care nearly killed her.
I wish she had told me she was having the procedure but she was very private, and I only learned all this much later.

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A question about Angelina Jolie and Double Mastectomies [View all] truedelphi May 2013 OP

Good points. My dear Aunt Ginger had a mastectomy in her late 70's, & they sent her home peacebird May 2013 #1

I am so sorry to hear that your aunt suffered in this manner truedelphi May 2013 #4

The nurses discharging her should have asked the Ilsa May 2013 #18

Since this was a prophylactic surgery, ie., there WAS marybourg May 2013 #2

That is good information, and truedelphi May 2013 #5

Also, if you're not in a situation where you have someone to help you, you could winter is coming May 2013 #9

I'm expendable in the eyes of the government and don't qualify for insurance. So no worries here. ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #3

it's not only masectomies -- they push everybody out to take care of themselves, often with HiPointDem May 2013 #6

When people say "It can't happen here" truedelphi May 2013 #7

Yes, but... Ms. Toad May 2013 #13

When you have had a by pass surgery, truedelphi May 2013 #17

my angel father had an entire node of his lung removed roguevalley May 2013 #12

i hear you & have similar stories. as if the cruelty of disease and aging wasn't cruelty enough. HiPointDem May 2013 #14

consider yourself hugged, honey roguevalley May 2013 #21

ditto. HiPointDem May 2013 #31

I'm pretty sure there is no relationship Ms. Toad May 2013 #15

I was advised by my doctor to get the shingles vaccine during my last routine checkup and I did. phylny May 2013 #16

But wasn't it nice to hear you were "too young" for something just one more time? dflprincess May 2013 #27

Shingles vaccine age was dropped to 55, I had it last year. peacebird May 2013 #32

Ha, that's a good one! phylny May 2013 #33

They must have lowered it since I spoke to my doctor about it last year dflprincess May 2013 #38

Yes our doctors who are still practitioners are often on truedelphi May 2013 #19

I think that only one in three people who have had truedelphi May 2013 #22

I believe you are describing a radical mastectomy... hlthe2b May 2013 #8

In addition to the point marybourg made - Ms. Toad May 2013 #10

One of my sisters also had a double mastectomy. s-cubed May 2013 #11

Do you know why this is an issue? Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #20

I pray for the day when the slash/burn/poison model of cancer therapy is a thing of the past BrotherIvan May 2013 #23

I get what you are saying. laundry_queen May 2013 #24

I so very much envy the Canadians their system of health care. truedelphi May 2013 #28

That's too bad the surgeons are telling them that. laundry_queen May 2013 #30

My 86 year old mother just has a mastectomy and lumpectomy Beaverhausen May 2013 #25

Ms Toad, up wards of this in response ten, truedelphi May 2013 #29

my mother (84) is taking Letrozole so hopefully - no mastectomy Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #26

This is between Ms. Jolie and her Doctor. Sure she made this public to get ahead of it in... Tikki May 2013 #34

i did not say it was not between truedelphi May 2013 #35

I am sorry...I just want people to know... Tikki May 2013 #36

No need to truedelphi May 2013 #37