Post-mastectomy & radiation--what is your skin like?
 

I had a mastectomy in March 2005 and radiation last summer. I will probably have reconstruction later this year or early next year. For those of you who had radiation after your mastectomies, I am wondering what your skin looks like and feels like. My surgeon did a beautiful job with my scar area, so that isn't the problem. Here is what is weird: I don't sweat in that whole area, my nerve endings never recovered, so the area is very numb when touched, and since I am very slender and don't have much tissue left between my skin and my ribs, the area is very sensitive (the other day the dog jumped up on the bed--we have large dogs--and she accidentally stepped on my chest--hurt quite a bit). The skin just isn't quite the same.

My radiation oncologist thinks my skin looks great, but I am just wondering what the rest of you experienced with your skin, nerve endings, etc.

thanks!!
Val