Awaiting results after surgery - Mjheke

Hi @mjheke

Seroma are a bloody nuisance and can be very persistent. Some surgeons advocate draining them, some don't, some say exercise helps, some say stretching makes them worse. Most seem to write them off as 'one of those things' which is really frustrating.

I've had far too much experience with them and, from personal experience, I think you are wise to keep an eye on the cording. Both my breast care nurses and lymphedema physio have told me there appears to be a correlation between excessive leaking and cording, but that is just anecdotal from what I can find out. Mind you, they see enough patients that I respect their opinion and I've had cording following all my surgery.

The whole issue seems to be a bit underplayed, I have never been given any information about either complication before surgery and have ended up with a seroma every single time. Bastard things. I've had them drained, not drained, massaged (yuk) vacuumed (more yuk) lasered, we've tried antihistamines ....nothing seems to make any difference. I had a whoppper in my axilla that delayed my last chemo for 6 weeks, the mongrel thing was producing 450 ml every couple of days.  I'm an Olympic grade irritable leaker...It eventually started to septate then dried up in a couple of days. Hopefully yours will resolve quickly. Mxx