Post bilateral Mastectomy advice

Welcome to this network but sorry to here about all the surgery you had to have. It's hard at first to get used to the mastectomy scar.I had my mastectomy in 2010(my second bout of bc cancer) and then after that I had chemo.I can remember looking in the mirror,bald and scarred,and saying the same as you -  I look like Frankenstein's bride!! It's "normal"to cry and grieve for breasts you've just lost. You will feel tightness(like duck tape across your chest?) and numbness and weird shooting pains.It took about 4 -6 weeks for it to settle down for me.However,I still have tightness which is apparently adhesions. Once I got fitted for a prosthesis and bought proper mastectomy bras,I felt more comfortable and confident.It is a big adjustment to get used to so give yourself time-cry if you need to. You've lost alot of weight but perhaps losing both breasts might account for some of it? Please blog back here for support,information or to vent your fears - I think it helps.Your pink sisters know what you are going through.

                    sending hugs, Tonya xx