Cathy_S1
9 years agoMember
Post Op Bra ?
Hi All,
My friends mother has just gone through a mastectomy and i received the below text asking for help. Nb, I had a lumpectomy so told my friend i would ask the online community.
"Mum is up t...
Has she spoken to the breast care nurse about this problem?
They have a lot of knowledge and deal with same.situation day in day out and may be able.to help.
I had a lumpectomy so cannot really help as I am assuming mastectomy comes with a whole.new set of problems but what worked for me was getting a bra one size larger plus I got bra extenders and found as day progressed I needed to add extenders ... Also I used thick gauze to protect the wound site both from the cups and from the elastic.
I only got them at best and less as did not eant to spend too much for bras that would be a temporary measure