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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np here (although I think I may have also posted earlier -- this time I just read the last page). Just sending my very best wishes to the OP and the PP who also recently had surgery. The first weeks are difficult but it does get better. And I had such a feeling of relief after I woke up from surgery. It really made all of the pain and inconvenience[b] (oh, those drains) [/b]worthwhile. I am BRCA2+ and also had an oopherectomy. Both surgeries were 6 years ago when I was 39. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at 41 and died at 44. I turned 45 earlier this year -- a big "motherless daughter" milestone for me. To OP and PP, I am thinking of you and wish you both an easy recovery.[/quote]

Yes, the drains are uncomfortable. Uncomfortable but not painful but it was worth it for me.   I must have had them in for 3 weeks.  I was up and running after my prophylactic mastectomy in 2006 in about a month.   I don't regret what I did for a minute.  As I said in my earlier post, I cannot tell you how happy I am to be done with the fear of mammograms.  Horrible fear I had.[/quote]

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