I just want to be a normal human again
hi ladies, I need to vent out as I've been crying my eyes out all morning. Day 25 today post bilateral mastectomy with expanders. Had 4 drains in and I have 1 last one in that doesn't want to go!...
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It's so frustrating but your surgeon is doing what he thinks is best. I had my drains out earlier, and I had stopped draining for a considerable time before they came out, so everything by the book, but I still got a really bad seroma (fluid on the site constantly refilling) and that's one of the things your surgeon is trying to avoid. Those fluid "ponds" can also encourage internal bacteria growth and infection. Day 25 we can all understand is a pain in the back teeth, but I had between 300 mlls and 800mlls of extra fluid sloshing around for almost 12 months. You don't want that. Everything is harder at the time - in 12 months you'll look back and it will seem diferent. Which is no help at all at the minute, sorry!! Good to have a howl, it helps. Take a deep breath, shoulder your drain bag, go out and have a good time. You're a survivor. Head up, be proud of that.