Wound care/protection post-surgery
Hi everyone, This is my first post so a little introduction: After a routine mammogram I was diagnosed with DCIS high grade, 6mm in right breast which was removed two weeks ago. I was offered and ...
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Hi @Julez1958,
Thanks for the reply, good suggestion to contact my breast care nurse, I do have one but I couldn’t contact her yesterday so I thought I’d check in with the collective wisdom here. I shall try again today.
As you say, it definitely makes sense to not to put anything on the wounds this early on. I’ll try a tissue between the skin and bra for a few days then see if the wound will tolerate the bra on its own. I went from an E to a C too (reduction) and am wearing the soft Kmart post surgery bras 24/7 for at least 6 weeks. I’m sure it will be fine .. it may be that this early on everything little thing is causing me to worry. So I really appreciate your reply - it has definitely helped!
Yeah, no more underwire bras for me, which I’m grateful for :wink:
Thanks for the reply, good suggestion to contact my breast care nurse, I do have one but I couldn’t contact her yesterday so I thought I’d check in with the collective wisdom here. I shall try again today.
As you say, it definitely makes sense to not to put anything on the wounds this early on. I’ll try a tissue between the skin and bra for a few days then see if the wound will tolerate the bra on its own. I went from an E to a C too (reduction) and am wearing the soft Kmart post surgery bras 24/7 for at least 6 weeks. I’m sure it will be fine .. it may be that this early on everything little thing is causing me to worry. So I really appreciate your reply - it has definitely helped!
Yeah, no more underwire bras for me, which I’m grateful for :wink: