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You wake up to a couple of drains from your chest and a line of tape over your stitches which don't need taking out but will dissolve by themselves. I had mastectomy on left side only and at times my heart with no padding over it beats so loud it annoys me before I go off to sleep. My chest is sucked in like a boy and my stomach looks huge. During winter the side with no breast gets quite cold and I need to zip up my coat and keep my chest warm. I have no plans on reconstruction either and if any one notices my missing breast I will use it as an opportunity to warn about getting checked early for breast cancer. There are such a lot of people who get it the number is astounding. Hubby went for a casual job interview the other day. He mentioned me and my treatment. What are the odds, both bosses had had breast cancer too!