Breast Implants following major double mastectomy and lymph nodes removal

kmakm said:

Hi @JAM22. It's not a surprise that you're anxious, any surgery associated with BC is a big deal imho!

You should ask to join the Choosing Breast Reconstruction group. It's a private group where women going through what you are doing post pictures of their results and offer incredible support. I am having a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction in 12 days and am finding the group very helpful. There is one woman there who had a lot of drug allergies too, her insights might be useful for you.

Scroll down and hit the Groups button in the menu below. All the best, K.

primek said:

Hi there. Please consider joining our breast reconstruction group.

I too had a double mastectomy and reconstruction. Mine was done at the same time. So yes it was very painful as I was expanded to 3/4 at the beginning and found the stretch very painful and well as nerve regeneration.

However you have healed from your initial surgery so this should mean lesser pain . I did find the expander fill quite bearable and only needed panadol. The changeover surgery only was painful for me in recovery room. After this panadol was enough.

My initial surgery was a struggle finding pain relief that I wouldn't throw up. I had fentanyl in hospital with panadol. At home it was tramadol and panadol.

If you join the group there are photo stories and personal experiences to read about including my own.

http://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/1-choosing-breast-reconstruction