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What Helped You Most during Mastectomy (SDX or DMX) Healing?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Feb 10 8:25pm | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
Ordered masecotomy shirts from Amazon, they are comfortable hold your drains and you don't feel like you are carrying them around. They are out of sight and make it easy to change the drainage liquids. Easy for future, appointments, can wear it an layers. I bought a long sleeve shirt and short sleeve shirt. I have used the long sleeve shirt more than short sleeve shirt as the drain pockets are deeper . It's more compfortable. It's great for easy access for ports and blood draws for chemo visits.
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I bought that and a belt type thing. Getting the drains out of the way made it a necessity. I must say that i had no idea i was getting 2 drains. If they told me, I did not listen. Also, I did not read up on google so as not to freak myself out.
I want to also add little pillows. They sell them, but at my house, I had a number of small pillows and other soft bed pillows that kept me cozy and stationary. My breast healed fine.
One more thing on the drains. Moving a lot produces liquid. My left side came out in a week. The right took longer as i was moving too much.
Our bodies are fascinating. A hole is created to insert the tube. Done right, the tube remains until they pull it out. That opening the tube came out of. Once home and keeping the bandage on overnight. Once the bandage came off, the hole had closed. That was amazing to me.