How long were you experiencing pain after mastectomy?

Judy u didn't say where the new pain was and where the old pain was--are u taking pain meds. U must be seeing u'r surgeon, did u lat him/her know about this? OK I have more questions then u do --so answer LOL

I agree with Moleen......I had a BMX with direct to implant reconstruction and I will still in quite a bit of pain up until about 5 weeks.  Lots of burning, pinchy type pain and tightness.  After about five weeks, I turned a corner.  Hopefully you will do the same!

I am almost 3 months after BMX  no reconstruction and I have my days - tightness - pain generally in the incision areas and radiates around my back also...but I always had back pain issues before BC - I work at a computer and have for 40 years and I think it is arthritis in my back area from being on the computer all day long....but I did read that neuropathy can cause this after breast surgery and hopefully I will not be one of them who can have this type of pain permanently....ugg....my breast surgeon said it can take a year to not have any pain in the area...ugg to that too!!!!

Aha!! Judy, I'm hearing a couple of options in your second post. You may be healing from where the drain(s) were!! It takes longer for that area across your front to heal, because just as it started to get better, the drains got ripped out! I was sure I was dying with the amount of pain I had.

The second thing, not so clear-cut is something called Costochondritis. It is an inflamation of your rib. True!! The sharp, intense pain lasts seconds, but feels like minutes. It's your body's way of complaining about the breast surgery. It is a form of arthritis (there are 137 kinds!) so normal pain meds could alleviate it. The problem is, you never know when it's going to hit, do you?

I hope some of this gives you something to Google.

I had a BMX with TEs put in on April 16th. First week and a half took pain killers pretty non stop. Drains came out at Day 8 and Day 16. Pain has subsided but after a month I am still in what I consider to be a lot. I sometimes take over the counter stuff but it rarely does any good so I usually don't bother. I believe most of my discomfort presently is from the TEs and also from the pretty massive swelling I have along the sides of my "breasts". It is pretty miserable and is getting very frustrating. My PS says the swelling could last up to 3 months. I go in for my last fill tomorrow. I have only had 2. He was able to,fill my rt side to max of 800cc during surgery and my left to 650cc. I have rested like crazy these 4 weeks but have also walked daily since day 2 per doctors orders. Have only driven a handful of times and it sucks!!!!! If I do one extra activity it seems I relapse for a good day or so. Not fun. Any tips are welcome!!! Hang in there everyone!!

Well it's reassuring to know the pain and tightness I am feeling two weeks after BMX surgery with left aux dissection (3) and immediate recon with silicone implants may be normal at this time. I have a pretty high pain tolerance (as red-heads do) but was becoming concerned that today I was in about as much pain as I was in the first few days after surgery. On day 7 post-op (when left drain tube came out) I was feeling great! Day 10 the right drain tube came out. 2 days after that I was able to wash myself in shower, put on makeup, comb my own hair and went out with my husband to a meeting and dinner - out & about for approx 5 hours...During the visit when the right tube came out, the PS Nurse had given me instructions for exercises I was to begin a few days after the last tube was removed and she said to do them daily. So on day 14, I started doing them. Now, on day 15, that burning pain across my chest has returned (I can barely stand to touch my skin at the top of the implants) along with a few new shooting/stabbing pains along my sides (where the compression bra hits my ribs) plus my breastbone area feels achy, liked I've been punched! I also have this 'sand under my skin' feeling in the implant area. It's weird - I don't have pain WHILE I'm doing the exercises but it hits me like a train afterwards!! Have been wearing a compression bra filled with 'fluff' (gauze pad) since surgery 24/7 and did have my husband loosen it a little - that helped a lot. I had been down to 1/2 an oxycodone (only 2.5mg) every 12 hours but now I'm back up to 3 pills a day...Still taking 650 mg Tylenol every 6 hours around the clock also. So I type in info looking for how long pain should last after this type of surgery and found this site and this post. I have read where some of you say it was about 5 weeks before things settled down. I had no idea it would take that long. Right now I feel like I have something 'sitting' on my chest - which I do - and wondering am I ever going to get used to the implants and feel somewhat normal again. If anyone else has had recon with Allergan Natrelle Inspira SRF 'gummy bear' silicon implants, I'd love to hear how your healing process went and how you feel now. Thanks so much

I had a bmx Thursday 10/19/17 and I still can’t really move. Lots of pain in my drain areas and under the boob areas. I think healing is different for all and you need to give yourself however much time you need. Scar tissue can hurt. I had a breast reduction 20 years ago and I always felt a little pain from the old drain locations and scar tissue. I hope you feel better soon. Sounds like you are doing exactly what you can do to help yourself. Pilates I should great