Amputation? I suppose sort of. One doesn't call the removal of a kidney an amputation, right? However, I can not typically feel my kidneys but I could feel my breasts. Now I can not. The skin on my breasts is numb to touch. If I push a little, I can feel that push in the muscle underneath the skin on the upper part of the breast. I have a little pain in my nipples from time to time. I have a circumference of half sensation in the skin around each breast. This must be where the edge of the breast tissue was. The sensation is like the skin wants to be able to feel but it just doesn't have what it takes. It is an irritating ache. I tried wearing an old, stretchy, nursing bra to keep the headlights dimmed but the edges of the bra pressed on these areas and I couldn't stand it. I really hope this is temporary.
I weaned Elizabeth in June. Right up until my surgery, I would occasionally feel the let down sensation in my breasts. Will I have phantom let down?
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