KWKW727
3 years agoMember
Edema experience
hello...i had a wide local excision for DCIS and sentinel node biopsy on 4 Feb followed by a re-excision on 25 Feb to excise a positive margin on the DCIS. Surgery was at the 1'oclock position. I understand that tissue was mobilised into the void and internal sutured so the whole breast has probably endured a fair bit of trauma. Since surgery #2, the lower part of my breast ( has had red blotches and orange peel (peas d'orange) appearance which is most likely edema. Surgeons didn't seem too worried about it at surgical review on 16th March (just said it was fluid and the location was due to gravity) but it just isn't going away. Depressing enough to have a diagnosis and then a surgical scar, without having other weird changes also going on. I'm 3 sessions into radiotherapy now. I showed it to them but they didn't seem too worried. I just feel like the surgery was long enough ago now to be looking better (apart from ugly scar)
Has anyone had breast edema and did it eventually just go away on its own or did it require compressive or other treatment? I've put my firmest sports bra back on.
Thank you :)
Has anyone had breast edema and did it eventually just go away on its own or did it require compressive or other treatment? I've put my firmest sports bra back on.
Thank you :)