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Brenda5
10 years agoMember
Post all treatment, does it get better?
I had my left mastectomy surgery last Nov, and an auxillary clearance in Dec. Chemo was finished months ago and I am getting back in to normal life or so I think. I am getting pain from the surgery s...
primek
10 years agoMember
My physio is only looking at arm strength and arm oedema...which is normal. I mentioned these symptoms to my oncologist breifly and physio and neither even mentioned anything like this. I guess it is not common. I just bought a couple of shape wear camisoles from Vella Bodies and on the bad days wear them...no bra and the compression does wonders. You would definitely need a softee implant in though with these so some pressure on the mastectomy scar. There are proper products you can buy of course if it turns out to be this. Maybe you have torn the scarctissue...so keep up that stretching while it heals...very gentle but movement. Take care. Kath x