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Recovery from Bilateral Mastectomy no recon. With Seromas. When does the pain end???
Hello. I am 53, and got diagnosed with dcis in October in right breast. We elected for a bilateral mastectomy and on pathology the right was 5x3.5x2.5 cm and the left surprise surprise had 2 patches o...
Hi there
I had a lot of pain after my mastectomy and it took about 6 weeks to go away .
I am the sort of person who never even gets a headache and only have Panadol in the house for guests.
My pain was so bad I had to take Endone for a number of weeks and then taper down to panadeine forte.
My breast care nurse and surgeon just said “ everyone is different and it should go away in time”.
Which thankfully it did.
Hopefully you will come to the end of it like I did.
Some people find acupuncture helps.
I had a lot of pain after my mastectomy and it took about 6 weeks to go away .
I am the sort of person who never even gets a headache and only have Panadol in the house for guests.
My pain was so bad I had to take Endone for a number of weeks and then taper down to panadeine forte.
My breast care nurse and surgeon just said “ everyone is different and it should go away in time”.
Which thankfully it did.
Hopefully you will come to the end of it like I did.
Some people find acupuncture helps.