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For the mastectomy they will give you a general anesthesia to knock you out. They intubate you, which means they put a tube down your throat that is connected to the anesthesia machine, which in turn keeps you unconscious for the surgery and the anesthesia machine does your breathing for you while you are under the anesthesia.
I have neurpathy in my feet/hands from chemo and have had multiple breast/chest surgeries done post chemo. None of the chest surgeries has made any difference to the neuropathy in my hands/feet, but I did develop neuropathy in the inner part of my upper arm, my elbow, and my armpit after my last surgeries when they took 16 lymph nodes from my armpit and removed new breast cancer tumors from my chest. I always develop new spots of neuropathy along any new surgical incisions I receive anywhere on my body since any time they cut through your skin there are nerves that get cut too. Sometimes the cut nerves will regenerate, sometimes they partially regenerate, or sometimes they never regenerate. Good luck with your double mastectomy ❤️
How does anesthesia work during a double mastectomy if you have chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy?
During a double mastectomy, you'll receive general anesthesia so you'll be fully asleep and won't feel pain during the procedure. After surgery, you'll wake up in a recovery room where nurses and doctors will monitor Show Full Answer
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