Mastectomy pain
Hi everyone I’m day 10 from double mastectomy with some skin saved for reconstruction. I have pain on both underarms and the cuts are so tight.. they are at the bottom of breast straight across and un...
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Hi @Pammy46
Everyone us different ( as my breast care nurse told me many times).
I had bad pain for 6 weeks after my mastectomy - had to take Endone - as I was not the sort of person to get aches and pains I found this really tough .
Thrn one morning I turned a corner and was able to taper down to panadol which I took for another couple of weeks.
So I hope you don’t have as much pain for as long as I did but if you do it’s not abnormal.
Take the pain meds and of course keep your medical team informed about what you are feeling.
Everyone us different ( as my breast care nurse told me many times).
I had bad pain for 6 weeks after my mastectomy - had to take Endone - as I was not the sort of person to get aches and pains I found this really tough .
Thrn one morning I turned a corner and was able to taper down to panadol which I took for another couple of weeks.
So I hope you don’t have as much pain for as long as I did but if you do it’s not abnormal.
Take the pain meds and of course keep your medical team informed about what you are feeling.