double mastectomy

HI, I had a bilateral mastectomy in May 2011; I was in Hospital for 1 - 1/2 days the Hospital in the home for 1 week. As with Michelle I only used panadol for pain relief, fruit tingles for nausea [don't laugh it works!!] and stretching exercises for both arms with goats milk cream on the scars. During radiotherapy I used Vit E cream on my chest and felt it helped a lot [no burns yay]. I've only just finished chemo and think that the whole treatment cycle wasn't as bad as what I had thought it would be. I was back at work within a few weeks [with time off for chemo though] and am forever grateful to the Nurses and friends who kept me feeling positive. I think that is the main thing: always look on the bright side :)