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Sports Bra for runner
I am currently 10 days post bilateral mastectomy with immediate skin and nipple sparing implant reconstruction. I am also a keen runner who usually runs 70-80km a week. I now have a lovely set of 1...
I was running and playing volleyball before my surgery. I had a wide local excision high in Lt breast UOQ of a 2cm IDC close to the chest wall (clear margins) A single sentinel node was removed too (clear). No chemo just 15 days radio which was well tolerated. It has now been 3 months since surgery and I still can't run, even in a tight sports bra, without pain and have not played volleyball since then either due to pain and worry of being hit in the breast by the ball. I would be interested in knowing about other peoples experiences timewise as to when they resumed running / playing. I naively thought I might be running again by now.... Will have a look at the shock absorbed brand mentioned earlier as it can be bought via Wiggle.