Pain
Hi is it usual to have pain 2 weeks after a mastectomy
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Hi yes everyone is different and it also depends on the procedure.
I had skin sparing mastectomy with insertion of tissue expander .
I don’t normally take even a Panadol but was on Endone for 6 weeks .
I tapered down to panadeine forte and then at about 8 weeks I was just on Panadol .
I got off all painkillers at about 10 weeks.
I spoke to my breast care nurse and she said everyone is different , I got quite down about it as it was so unusual for me.
When I had the DIEP reconstruction 12 months later the pain was much less and I was discharged from hospital just with Panadol which I took for about a week.
All the best .🌺
I had skin sparing mastectomy with insertion of tissue expander .
I don’t normally take even a Panadol but was on Endone for 6 weeks .
I tapered down to panadeine forte and then at about 8 weeks I was just on Panadol .
I got off all painkillers at about 10 weeks.
I spoke to my breast care nurse and she said everyone is different , I got quite down about it as it was so unusual for me.
When I had the DIEP reconstruction 12 months later the pain was much less and I was discharged from hospital just with Panadol which I took for about a week.
All the best .🌺