← Return to Single Mastectomy: What will Recovery Time be like? How long?

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Hi @holly33, You are going into surgery in excellent condition, I believe that helps. It will be tough at first. Give your body the weeks that it needs to heal. You’ll be able to some stretching after a couple of weeks, check with your surgeon.
I had a single mastectomy, flat closure, no reconstruction. At four weeks I was feeling much better, and I was back in the gym for aerobic activity at 6 weeks. I was playing pickleball at 7 weeks. I likely could have played at 6, but I was reluctant to start too soon. I’m at 10 weeks now, and have full range of motion. I have some tightness across the chest area, but I have full strength in the muscles. What type of surgery are you having?

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Lisa - Thank you for sharing your healing timeline with me. Surgery will be a bilateral mastectomy with Goldilocks single step reconstruction this Tuesday. I don’t really care about the reconstruction but the surgeon suggested the Goldilocks because I have enough skin to make that work for what he describes as just small mounding without the niples. Ten weeks of healing would mean that I would not miss the season of rowing !
Holly