Hi Georgie, I think you will find that the aspiration of your liquified clot won't hurt you too much. The area is probably still quite numb from your surgery, and this clot will be occupying a space between the skin and your tissue, so when the needle goes in, there should be little sensation. Good luck with the procedure. I think my surgery was required because I needed to travel. They told me that usually these things settle down by themselves. I was worried that the pressure from my clot was going to push my expander out of my chest through the excision line, and I didn't want to be between Perth and Sydney if that happened. Love Chris xx