One of the hardest things to get over after a double mastectomy is the absence of breast.  I know your response is "Duh, of course" but what I mean is that the breast really feel like they are there.  I am still shocked when I look in the mirror after coming out of the shower.  I use to be a bra fanatic. I had to wear a bra whenever I wasn't asleep. I kept a bra by my bed in case of a fire because the thought of going out of the house with my huge 42G breast slinging around was too traumatizing.  I catch myself still having those thoughts even though they have been gone for 5 months now.  I can still feel them.  They say this occurs with amputated limbs but I didn't know that it occurs in mastectomies.  My nipples sometimes feels like they are being twisted even though I don't have any. Maybe this will go away one day.  But right now I am just trying to get adjusted to a life without boobs.