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4 Tips That Helped Me Recover After My Mastectomy
MyBCTeam member Rachel Lundquist shares four postmastectomy tips.
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Rachel Lundquist
Four tips for people who are postsurgery, postmastectomy: If you’re going to be sleeping in your bed and not in a recliner, you’re going to need a wedge pillow. Also, having multiple drain holders because you’re going to have to wear one in the shower, and then it’s going to get wet, so that way you can have a dry one that you can switch out. Having button-down or zip-up tops, so that you aren’t having to raise your arms
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Rachel Lundquist
is extremely helpful also. And then the one thing that I wish my doctors had told me: Have stuff for constipation after the surgery. Have a bottle of MiraLax. That was the only thing that worked for me. Learn more and connect at MyBCTeam.com.
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I had a bilateral mastectomy with sentinel node biopsies and I can add to items that were helpful for my recovery. I purchased comfortable jog style bras in a size up from my normal size for wearing… read more
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