Bras hurt. Alternatives that are appropriate to wear to work?

When I had my core-needle biopsies, I went to Target and found some sleep/nursing bras made by Basics. They're pull-on/step-in, very lightweight, and the band is a bit longer and looser than in traditional bras. They come in S, M, L, and XL.

I wear them at night with my TEs and they are very comfortable to sleep in.

I think they run around $18. If it doesn't work out, you can always return it.

(I tried some of those camis with the built-in shelf bras, and didn't like the way the elastic bunched up under my foobs.)

Raili - look into Coobie bras.  Very comfortable.

I am addicted to my Genie bras during the day...but may have to check out those Coobie bras.

Kohls seems to have a lot of things that worked for me.

In the clothing deparment they have camis with a shelf that are not sporty...that might do the trick.I wore these when I could not wear a bra. They were economical too...Apt 9 may have been the label.

In the intimates they have some compression tank tops, that are not tummy band, but all over compression. The colors are a little blech but they do have black.

They also sell a very soft lightweight semi bra. It didn't really work for me that well but I sent one overseas to another BCO'er who LOVED it.

In a pinch, I have worn fruit of the loom sports bras, the cheap ones in the 3 pack seem to be most gentle. There is one very low cut that actually scoops under my lumpectomy scar, and sometimes is all I can deal with.

Strangely sometimes underwires hurt me less....because they take some weight off the lower band section.

It took me a few bucks and some trial and error. 

I have a pain in one spot where the bottom of the bra hits the top of my right rib, went to tube tops.com and ordered a couple the kind that go to your waist, they are great and do support my breasts.  Also my left shoulder will have a tinge when I were any kind of strap on it and that solved the problem.  Good luck with this but it is fixable.

I am up for mx on Thursday and wont be wearing a bra for a while,, but I have been wearing the AAHH bra for almost a year. I am a large DD and they really arent made for large breasts, but I had an abcess develop on my back from a scratch from a bra hook and after I had that surgery could not wear a normal bra for months, until the wound healed. It was left open and irrigated and pack 2 times a day for 4 weeks, then 1 time a day for another 4 week. The surgeon didnt want any pressure on that area till it was well healed. Surgery was in July, in January he felt it was well healed and closed, but by that time I had the Ahh Bra and some Fruit of the Loom sport bras that I could step into and couldnt go back. I am hoping after my surgery which will include a TRAM reconstruction and eventually a reduction on the other side to be a nice comfortable C and I will be going back to my Ahh bras and the sports bras. I have one nice shape enhancing bra that I did keep but it should be too big when I am done so I may get another one for when I really need to dress up. I am 59 and work in a large manufacturers office, so we are verry casual and as long as I feel secure and comfortable. To me it is all about comfort and smaller breasts will be more comfortable and I dont see why the bras I have wont work since they are not by cup size.

I have a genie bra and an ah bra. I've found that a size smaller gives a little more support, and I'm a d cup. There are hook in front bras from bestform, I think they are sleep or leisure bras. Those were great while I was having chemo and under tshirts.



Once I started arimidex, I had a hard time hooking bras in back, so I got a few underwire hook in front, from the bra room online, I think. But for almost everything, either the genie or the ahhh bra seems to work well.