Pain after mastectomy

FormerMember
FormerMember
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hi all

i had a mastectomy last Friday and am getting a red hot pain across my chest when I turn in bed or move a certain way   Im doing the exercises and taking paracetamol and ibrupropen to help manage pain but it doesn’t seem to be helping.  Am struggling with the pain a bit and feel a wuss.    Is this normal?

  • hi

    welcome to the breast group, sorry you've had to come and find us

    I'd give the breast nurse a call with a view to getting the surgeon to have a look at you

    surgery is complex

    I had two surgery sites, the main mastectomy scar and the sentinel lymph node scar, which was tiny but way more painful, even so it had settled in a couple of days

    if it's only when you move it might be a muscle that's been tweaked/ nicked/ caught ???

    I had 'cording' which required specialist physio, so there's lots they can do.

    Carolyn

    xx

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to Carolyn28

    Thanks Carolyn. Will do. Xx