How Long Can You Wait Between a Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Surgery?
If surgery is your first treatment, you almost always have weeks, not days. What a national study of 373,334 women found about waiting, what a typical timeline looks like, and how to keep appointments moving.
How Do I Get Ready for a Mastectomy?
A plain-language timeline for the weeks before, the day of and the first weeks after a mastectomy: what to pause, pack, ask and expect.
How Do I Take Care of My Drain?
How to empty and measure a surgical drain, what the fluid should look like, what to do if it's blocked, and when to call your team.
What Actually Happens During a Mastectomy, and After?
The kinds of mastectomy, what happens in the operating room, how drains work, the first few weeks, and when to call your team, in plain language.