posted by Hanacon
12 February 2024
Pain relief following mastectomy
Last reply:
14 February 2024 10:51
I had a mastectomy three weeks ago today and am still taking paracetamol every four hours and vimovo twice a day. Is it common to still need this much pain relief at this stage post op? Thanks for any advice.
Dear Hanacon
Thank you for posting your message on our online community. It would be great to speak to you on the phone and hear from you if you also had a sentinel node biopsy and if you have been trying to do exercises post mastectomy. It is not common to need that much pain relief 3 weeks post op but as you are feeling pain we would suggest you contact your breast care nurse about this. She may wish to see you to advise you.
We are all cancer nurses here and would very much like to support you at this time. You can phone us here at 1800 200 700. We are here Mon-Fri 9-5pm.
I do hope we will hear from you
Kind regards
Cancer Nurse