I did bilateral mastectomy with flat closure. My pain level has never been over a 5. Honestly I had more trouble with the oxy, it was too much. (10mg -Dizzy,hot flashes, blood pressure dropped) while getting it through the iv. Dropped dosage to 5 mg orally with Tylenol was better. I took the oxy for 5 days and then switched to Tylenol only. Got my drains out today (2 weeks) and will not have to do meds for being Er positive since it was not invasive. I didn’t need a plastic surgeon my Oncology surgeon did it all. I am able to start moving and stretching my arms more this week. I’m still tired but feel pretty good considering. It’s alot but I felt like the bilateral mastectomy with no reconstruction was the quickest and best % of recurrence way to go. My goal was no cancer and the least amount of trauma on my body.