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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi All, OP here with an update. My Mom is scheduled for surgery next week (partial mastectomy). I’m super anxious. She doesn’t have a recliner at all despite my offers to rent one and says she is going to make up the bed with pillows. She claims she has a wedge pillow. Someone gave her a mastectomy pillow thankfully. She claims she will get some ice gel packs at the hospital. Should we be buying extra gel packs?? She also doesn’t have a prescription for narcotics - they said “we prefer Tylenol and Motrin..” How can that possibly be strong enough for a partial mastectomy??

What are some other things we need to prepare/get ready? I mentioned stool softener and she brushed it off. She said I can get that later if I need it - I don’t think she realizes the magnitude of the surgery??[/quote]

Hi op - I’m glad your mom has progressed to this point. I had a bilateral mastectomy about 16 years ago and do not recall that much pain. I had had an oopherectomy several months prior and was in much more pain from that even though it was laparoscopic.

The biggest issue was not being able to lift very much but if you are able to help with grocery shopping and laundry she should be fine. Granted, I was 40, not 80 and I also did not have cancer (my surgeries were prophylactic) so I did not have any of the mental issues (which are real).

If she needs more ice packs or stronger medicine, you will be able to get it. Good luck with the surgery. [/quote]

NP. Not to hijack, but I’m having an oophorectomy next week. Why do you think yours was so painful? I was told it should be an easy recovery. Now I’m nervous.

[b]OP, I had a recliner and didn’t even use it after my mastectomy - the couch with pillows was fine. After my earlier lumpectomy (which is the same as a partial mastectomy, yes?) I was up and taking a mile-long walk with minimal recovery time.[/b][/quote]

Thank you so much!!! This is great to hear!

Can I ask how old you were at the time of your surgery?[/quote]

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