Pain with TISSUE EXPANDERS (Breast Reconstruction) - 10 Strategies for Relief

Pain with TISSUE EXPANDERS - 10 Strategies for Relief. Some women experience the pain throughout the tissue expansion process, for others it can persist for many months afterwards.
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10 Strategies to Help:
1️⃣ Understanding anticipated pain vs actual pain
2️⃣ Short-term rest
3️⃣ Continue everyday movements
4️⃣ Continue to exercise
5️⃣ Walking
6️⃣ Posture resets
7️⃣ Breathwork/meditation
8️⃣ Go bra-less sometimes
9️⃣ Self-massage
🔟 Treatment
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What helped you to reduce pain with your tissue expanders? Comment below.

[@roselucht4583]

Thank you! Having my skin sparing bilateral mastectomy in 6 days, will have expanders put in over the muscle immediately after. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!

[@breast-cancer-rehab]

You're most welcome! All the best with your upcoming surgery.

[@krisk3484]

I am 3 weeks post op and have under the muscles expanders and don’t have a lot of pain, more discomfort. I do have a good bit of swelling so I haven’t done the rehab exercises for a couple days. Started massaging to help with spots that are more painful; under arms and top of chest are worse but it’s so weird that there isn’t much feeling. I haven’t had a fill yet.

[@breast-cancer-rehab]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I agree, it is really weird to not have much feeling. I’m 3 yrs out and it’s still weird! Hope the filling process goes well.

[@user-oq4gn8go5r]

Erica please give valuable info
for women who will have single breast reconstruction

[@breast-cancer-rehab]

Thx for the suggestion. I’m going to start interviewing other cancer thrivers about their reconstruction experience. I will see if I can do a video for a single mastectomy and reconstruction.