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Zoffiel

You've got to wonder how some folk get rid of them in days and I always end up lugging those gruesome bags around for weeks and weeks. I'm a world champion 'leaker' and also had drains removed after over a month.
Unfortunately I hadn't stopped oozing internally and ended up with a series of seroma. Watch out for that (a collection of fluid in the wound site)  Seroma are common and don't usually cause major dramas; they are more an inconvenience if you need to have them drained.
 Aren't I the bringer of great news first thing in the morning? Sorry about that, but forewarned is forearmed. Mxx

Kahm

I may well be developing one of those.
Sigh.

I've made a physio appointment for next week just in case, and I've got a referral for another(!) ultrasound if I think I need it.

Forewarned, as you say...

Afraser

I very belatedly discovered the benefit of massage with a persistent and large seroma - draining it (an aspiration!) only seemed to encourage it to fill again with remarkable determination and speed and is a bit of a risk for infection, although so is leaving the fluid too! I’d seriously discuss it with a lymphoedema specialist if a seroma won’t disperse naturally in reasonable time.