"Mastectomies hurt! Any movement was painful, nothing to wear and old man PJ’s and safety pins are NOT helpful "equipment" to heal in after losing your breasts. If someone sprains an elbow and receives surgery, the expectation is that they would go home with a sling to help their arm heal", Mathews said.
It seems like common sense that this type of aid would also be provided for breast-cancer survivors recovering from a mastectomy, but for Cherie Mathews, her experience was quite different.