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I tried gabapentin but it didn't reduce the pain--just made me not care, which could have been a solution but it made me stupid and out of it so I couldn't work. The oncologist recommended lidocaine patches and arnica cream, also seeing a pain specialist and considering nerve ablation. I'm trying to work my way through the simpler alternatives first. Honestly, the shapewear is the only thing that really works so far.

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My husband bought me some tight tank tops at Costco- I am returning to work part-time next month and have to do something about my breasts, I am not small.
The tank tops are pretty good so far not too tight. If I have anything too tight under my left breast it isn't good.
I might try a pain specialist in June. I dislike going to the doctor so often. My surgeon said there is an alternative to gabapentin, I forget what he called it.
But like you said try all the things with less impact on our bodies first. I use arnica. I have a little stick of it. I also found some lidocaine patches with arnica.
If shapewear is helping, stick to the shapewear- or is the shapewear just alleviating some pain and not all of it?