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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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Hi @auOrei, I too had a single mastectomy with immediate implant and am now 10 months down the track. I am still noticing changes in sensation both to my breast and my a (4 nodes removed) and I still have some fluid around the implant from surgery which seems to swell and reduce so I know reckon that I'm tidal!! I still am having intermittent pain along the scar line, drain sites and occasionally in the armpit but I think that as I'm still healing and Stoll building new nerve pathways that what I feel would be pretty normal and just add them to the new sensation list. I also massage a product similar to bio oil into my scar line and it not only helps the scar line it also helps me psychologically as I know I'm helping my scar line stay supple. Wishing you all the best. Xx