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Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 28 9:33am | Replies (257)
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@carolva

Hi Windyshores. I hope you are healing well by now. I came across your "Iron Bra" post and wanted to know what you had experienced.
I am post op 2 weeks now for double mastectomy with no reconstruction. I have iron bra and it's awful! Could you tell me what you did for it? Any insight is appreciated. Thank you.

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myoga | @myoga | Mar 19 11:03pm

My surgery was 7 weeks ago and I still feel tender and tight across my chest. It took me more than 6 weeks to feel better, probably because of the hematoma. I have to do warm compression everyday (after 4 weeks of healing) and probably it will take a few months to a year for the hematoma to go away completely. If you don't have hematoma, you will heal faster. The iron bra will go away after a while, from 4 to 6 weeks. Just relax and let ppl take care of you. It will get better. Hugs

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