Pre mastectomy tips please
I’m a couple of weeks away from having a mastectomy on my left breast. Does anyone have any tips to prepare me that they wish someone had told them before surgery? E.g things to have ready at home for...
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@CathL I know this may sound like commonsense to some. I didn’t realise they were going to draw all over my boob before the mastectomy. Everyone left the pre-op except for one woman who started ordering me to lift my arm, move this way, etc as she was drawing big marks all over my boob. It suddenly made everything horrific. At no time did this woman talk to me except to order me what position to be in. It was very clinical. If I was prepared I would have handled it better. After the operation, I felt virtually no pain.