Hi ladies, apologies as Im sure there must be lots of posts like this but I just can’t find them! Just looking for recommendations for the best type of underwear to buy. Im having a mastectomy on the right followed by an immediate diep reconstructiom, and hopefully a reduction on the left at the same time. Im in a bit of a quandry as to what bras to buy as I have no idea in terms of cup size what I will be. Im a 38HH at the moment and ive been told i’ll go down on the right side by a thrid, or even a half. There is also a possibiity that if the diep takes longer they may not be able to do the reduction. What on earth do I get with one 38HH and one half the size??? Nurse told me to get a few and keep the labels on but at that size theyre £40 a pop so im not really in a position to have an assortment! an anyone offer any advice about best bra to buy please?? Ive been told that a sports bra will be best. even if they do the reduction, im still not quite sure what size to get? are sports bras stretchy enough to cover a few sizes?? thank you xx and high waisted firm knickers…again any recomendations? xx
Hi Karen,
I’ve no help re the surgery and your size but as a runner I know a few things about sports bras.
I love M&S extra high impact sports bras. A 2 bra pack, one white, one black is I think £32.50. As for needing different sizes, I guess supporting the surgery side is most important. Then would lengthening the shoulder strap on your larger side, if reduction is not done, give some extra room?
Ah, they only go to a G. Sorry, as above, I don’t know about the larger sizing so don’t know if that’s any good.
Best wishes for the surgery.
Hi Karen50
I’ve had a look through some old threads and thought this one might be useful:
forum.breastcancercare.org.uk/t5/Surgery/Compression-bras-and-knickers-post-DIEP/m-p/749336#U749336
(It was in the section Going through treatment/Surgery so you may find some more useful threads there)
Hope this helps
Very best wishes
Janet
BCC Moderator
Hi Karen,
Like Yiu underwent this procedure on the 31st January.I was really fortunate to have a female consultant and fabulous Breast care nurse so between us I think we have found the right Bras/Tops. ROYCE make a front fastening bra which I ended up buying 2…and kept to my original sizing of 38dd…they have been perfect, since I had an extremely horrible blister on my back where the scar was…but before you go down the line of buying the bras my Breast nurse suggest SLOGGI sports tops…to begin with you will be sore and these gave me the best relief. I did purchase post op bras from Marks and Sparks but found them uncomfortable compared to the others so back they went…Not sure when you are going into hospital but one tip I will give you is that I wished I had taken my V shaped pillow in with me…it’s wasn’t until I got home that I realised that I could of been in a far more comfortable position sleeping…After 7weeks I am feeling fine and believe it or not I have tended to forget that my falsie is not real…Goid luck stay in touch with us all.xx
Hi,
I am a 30G normally so finding a post-surgery bra that could cope with that plus the swelling on one side was always going to be a challenge but someone on here pointed me to Macom bras where you buy the right back size and the cups are expandable so can cope with two different cup sizes. They are not cheap but I found them brilliant (also tried Royce but they didn’t do a big enough cup size so it felt like an elastic band round all my sore bits!). They are front-fastening so easy to put on when your shoulders/arms are sore.
I bought one directly from Macom but also managed to get one for half the cost (brand new with tags on) from Ebay (again, thanks to a lovely member on here).
Hope that helps
xx
Sharon