Hi, I am feeling really anxious after speaking to my surgeon that after my double mastectomy and reconstruction in a few weeks that I will receive 1 night hospital stay and pain to be managed with paracetomol. Also that I need to manage my own drains as the district nurses are unreliable, I can’t tell you how anxious I’m feeling about the lack of nursing aftercare I am expecting to receive. I am so worried that I will be in so much pain and left to deal with it with paracetomol not being effective enough. I found that after my biopsies in both breast the paracetomol was wearing off after 2 hours and I had to manage the pain for a few more hours to take more paracetomol. Surely the pain of a double mastectomy is going to be much higher? How will I know if I have an infection or whether this is a normal healing process? I don’t heal well and although I’m in pretty good health any invasive procedure I’ve had previously ended up with infection including, infected belly button after keyhole surgery, ear piecings, giving birth,. My anxiety is hitting the roof tbh as I feel I’m going to be left with high level pain and very little monitoring. Is it usual to have only 1 night in the hospital following double mastectomy and reconstruction?
