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Post Masectomy Pain After Emptying Drains
After single masectomy (right) surgery a single drain was put in a has to be emptied throughout the day. After emptying, there is pain radiating side to side, which seems to be from the drain vacuum pressure when it's empty. Any recommendations for pain management? we are Taking pain medication as prescribed Emptying drain…
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Concerned about possible symptoms
I had a radical double mastectomy in 2015, tissue expander, and the swap a year later. The last few months I've had sharp pain in the whole region, different areas. Very brief and mild but frequent and unexplained. I don't know what normally happens after reconstruction, long term. Has anyone had this experience? I also…
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Rib pain after breast surgery?
I had a breast reduction and 2 lymph nodes removed. Got a new oncologist and he says my pain in my ribs is most likely from nerve pain. I had full body bone scan and only degenerative stuff was in different parts of my body but nothing on my ribs except on spot that had a probably from radiation.