Why am I getting shooting pain in left breast 5 years after implant surgery following mastectomy due to breast cancer?

Thanks for your question.It's not possible to diagnose your breast pain. Even though your plastic surgeon is away, they should have another surgeon who is covering for them while they are on leave. IF not, you should see your local doctor who needs to do a physical examination.The key points to the physical examination for your local doctor to look for are:feverswellingrednesstendernessYour local doctor might also want to make sure that you don't have an implant rupture or infection, so may order some tests like:blood tests like WCC and CRPUltrasound with aspiration if neededA last resort might be to present to your local major teaching hospital where you can be assessed by the plastic surgery registrar and where the consultant plastic surgeon on call can direct your investigation and management.Good luck with it all.

Does the pain get better if you hold your left breast in your hand for five minutes?If so, it is probably a gravitational/weight issue and you may require more support, eg Alloderm/ Strattice/ SERI, etcIn the meantime a well fitted support bra should so the trick.If that does not help, are there any noticable changes to your left breast?Size, firmness, contour, tenderness, redness??

With the history you gave. And if your plastic surgeon is not available now, then you need to see your family physician for full evaluation. Only after that you could decide with the family physician whether to wait for your favorite plastic surgeon