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Healing Time
Hi everyone. I am new to this group. I had mastectomy around two weeks back. It's really sore and I have limited arm movement. It feels like my skin is glued to my chest wall. Any movement cause uncom...
Hi Julez. Could you please tell me which type of reconstruction you had. ThanksJulez1958 said:Hi @Aami
i was on Endone for 4 weeks after my mastectomy and was in a lot of pain.
My breast care nurse just said everyone was different.
I got a bit better at the four week mark Ms then just took Panadol.
I couldn’t drive for 6 weeks and my hubby did most of the cooking and other house duties ( we have a weekly cleaner).
At 6 weeks I started seeing a physiotherapist recommended by by breast care nurse and that helped with scary issue and range of movement.
I had reconstruction a year later and an 2 years in from that and the pain of the mastectomy is now a distant memory.