bilateral mastectomies with hysterectomy

My breast surgeon has been practicing for years years with lots of experience and understanding the patient. My onocologist said oh yes, do it all at once. My breast surgeon adviced me not to and boy am I glad.

I have had bilateral mastecomy with snb (no reconstruction) and a total hysterectomy with ovaries and tubes out at a later time.

The pain after a hysterectomy is incredible. It is hard to move around for the first few weeks, well, two anyway. 

I usually never give advice like this, but I would say NO, do not get them done at the same time. 

You will need healing after the bmx with snb. And you never know what pain complications you could have from that. It is very easy to knick the nerves with the snb, and you could have some nerve damage. Your tissue will but cut into with the bmx. You need time to heal. And you will need your belly muscles as your chest heals. If you get the hyst. at the same time, you wont be able to use your bellymuscles.

These are two MAJOR surgeries. I, personally , think that is way too much for the body to go through. Your BMX with snb and TEs could take up to 6-8 hours to complete. That is a long surgery! I don't think it's a good idea to add in the hyst after that.

There is a website called hystersisters.com. Check them out. They do a good job of describing what you will go through with the hyst. and have a free brochure they can mail to you.They do have discussion boards like here.

I seriously hope you don't do both at the same time. Like I said, I have had both, and would never ever, ever recommend doing both surgeries at the same time. Throw in reconstruction and you have more done to you.

Good luck with your surgeries. Keep us informed of how you are doing.

I have had a bilateral mastectomy with snb with tissue expander's ( the radiated side failed I now have a DIEP on that side) and a laparaoscopic hysterectomy. They were done a separate times. With the mastectomy you are going  to go through a emotional time just from that. Then with the hysterectomy you are going to be put in instant menopause, along with the emotions from that so you might want to do them separate. I had my hysterectomy six months ago and I was up and about the next day and off pain meds the day after that.

Sometimes too much information - especially when it's conflicting - can be paralysing.  After all is said and done, you must do what feels right for YOU.

I had my hysterectomy/oop at the time of the lift on my other breast.  I had a robotic.  I never had any pain or even konw anything was done except for 2 scars that look like bug bites.  There;s a thrid but its inside my belly button.  If I had not known about it, I never would have known they had done it.

I highly reccomend finding a qualified robotic surgeon.