Hi all Has anyone else had an "organising seroma" I have been diagnosed with one and it is very large and sore. Back to GP tomorrow to find out what they are proposing as treatment, draining it, or going back into to surgery. Neither of which is appealing to me but I would lke to get rid of it. Any advice experience of an "organising seroma" from anyone with would be great. Georgie

Hi Georgie I also have an organised seroma/hematoma. It came from my original surgery back on 22/12/11. I have had doctors at the hospital try and aspirate it 3 times now with no luck. Once was under ultrasound. What they have been able to remove went to pathology and came back with no bacteria in it. I also have a superficial infection for which I have taken numerous antibiotics but it is still there. That came from my second surgery or drain on 19/1/12 It worries me because I am having chemo (number 3 FEC coming up next week). My white cell count is already low and I have had to have an injection to boost it. I agree with you that it is annoying and I also want it gone but I am sick of the pricking, prodding and poking and they have now said they want to treat it conservatively and one if I get very sick from it will they look at surgery. If I have surgery they will have to stop the chemo and that is not a path we want to go down if we can help it. I will be interested to see what your doctor says and see how you go. I wish you better luck than me :-) Mich x

Hi Georgie, I remember Chris blogged about her experience with a post-op haematoma a little while back. You can read her blog here, if that helps: http://www.bcna.org.au/user/5378. Good luck! Di

Hi Georgie, you sound like you have the same thing that I had, and I wouldn't be wanting to wait till the 16th to see your surgeon, especially if it is getting harder and more painful. Mine grew very quickly, and it felt very weird. I may have had a slow leak happening over the previous days, but must have torn something while sleeping on my side for the first time. It scared me, as I could see a "third breast" appearing between my suture line and upper chest/ shoulder area. Because we were in Perth, and I was getting ready to go to the airport, we rang both my plastic surgeon and breast surgeon in Sydney. My PS said to go to the hospital and sort it out, and my BS said jump on the plane and come home. Because it had grown fast, I was worried about flying and what it would do, so did as the PS suggested and went to hospital. While they fiddled it just continued to grow till I couldn't put my left arm down. They talked of taking me to theatre and removing my expander, to which we baulked. We convinced the Perth plastic surgeon to speak with my plastic surgeon, and when we were comfortable that she would do the same as my fellow in Sydney, I went to theatre. They did remove the expander, cauterised the bleeder, removed the large clot, and replaced the expander. I spent 2 and a half days there, and came home to Sydney with another drain for a week. It was all treated seriously, and yours sounds like it is even bigger than mine was, so to have to wait another 3 days is a big ask. If you are interested, I can send you a photo of what mine looked like just before we went to the hospital. You can give me your mobile number either on here, or on a private message and I will forward it to you. At least it will give you an idea. All up I had a collection of about 1.2 litres of old and new blood. Good luck with everything. Love Chris xx

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georgiebz
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14 years ago
Hi Mich

sorry about the late reply to your post. I am on the gold coast - currumbin qld. Hope things are going well for you I am off to oncology today for planning appt re: radiation.

Take Care and HUGS Georgie
Chris
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14 years ago
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
Chris
Member
14 years ago
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

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