Mastectomy 8 days ago- seroma?
Hi ladies, I’ve just had a mastectomy (8days ago) with a tissue expander (that has already been filled a lot - much more than I wanted - so my breast has been hard/round/tight for days). Yester...
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Hi there
i was in hospital for 6 nights after a mastectomy on my left breast with insertion of tissue expanders and a reduction in the other breast in October last year at St Vincent’s Private in Sydney .
The drain in my left breast was removed after 3 days and the other drain after 4.
I had almost no liquid before removal.
My breast cancer surgeon and plastic surgeon looked in on me every day in hospital and were very good at explaining stuff.I was told I may get a seroma in the left breast and this was identified in my follow up appointment a week later.I got it drained under ultrasound by a radiologist and then again a couple of weeks after that.It didn’t hurt but was a bit weird.
I didn’t get another drain but the breast was tight and hot for a few weeks and then it was “stirred up “ with radiotherapy . It’s just uncomfortable now .You definitely need to see a surgeon , presumably there is someone covering for the one on holidays.
All the best.
i was in hospital for 6 nights after a mastectomy on my left breast with insertion of tissue expanders and a reduction in the other breast in October last year at St Vincent’s Private in Sydney .
The drain in my left breast was removed after 3 days and the other drain after 4.
I had almost no liquid before removal.
My breast cancer surgeon and plastic surgeon looked in on me every day in hospital and were very good at explaining stuff.I was told I may get a seroma in the left breast and this was identified in my follow up appointment a week later.I got it drained under ultrasound by a radiologist and then again a couple of weeks after that.It didn’t hurt but was a bit weird.
I didn’t get another drain but the breast was tight and hot for a few weeks and then it was “stirred up “ with radiotherapy . It’s just uncomfortable now .You definitely need to see a surgeon , presumably there is someone covering for the one on holidays.
All the best.