I only had a single mastectomy, not the same but surprisingly painless. Hospital staffawere very attentibe with painkillers, but I didn't need them. I had good mobility in my affected arm ( 17 lymph nodes went) and while warned to be careful lifting my arm too high, I was able to do so in a few day. I wore the bra I cam to hospital in on he way home, and for several months thereafter with a soft pad ( I had a seroma problem), otherwise would have got a prosthesis as soon as possible.
That may be only possible depending on the of wound and how your bra fits - mine was no problem My surgeon preferred to wait for any reconstruction, which was excellent by me as I was not at all sure I wanted it (and I haven't after nearly 5 years and won't). I wear a prosthesis, have no problem with clothes and look perfectly normal, even in a swimsuit. I look gloriously lop sided naked but I am used to it, so is my husband, and it's the way things are. I stripped off in a shared Icelandic swimming pool washroom last year, and felt perfectly OK about it. No-one batted an eyelid. Very best wishes.
