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au0rei
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9 years ago

How long did you take to start feeling comfortable about your mastectomy site?

I had my mastectomy on 21 December and it's been 3 months. My mastectomy site still feels numb, prickly at times like there are electrical impulses, and tightness. I especially feel it when I wear tig...
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Afraser
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9 years ago
Agree with TraceyB re lymphoedema massage, it's very gentle but works well.  I also had 17 nodes removed. I count myself lucky I had no arm mobility problems, could lie on my side and all that virtually straightaway - good surgeon (no radiation though).