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Breast seroma after lumpectomies
Got my 6 month all clear yesterday from my surgeon but she said i had a collection of fluid in my breast in the cavity where my haematoma was from the original biopsy. I gather this will gradually abs...
It's a pain - not literally, but in the neck! My deeply attached breast seroma was drained several times (personal best 1.5 litres and no I am not exaggerating, it's quite remarkable what a cavity can hold!) , two minor infections, one doozy - hospital for a week, heavy duty antibiotics on a drip and then surgery as my breast surgeon was not convinced it was resolved and he was absolutely right! Little pocket of poison! 12 months from go to whoa. Sloshed when I bent over. Personally I would talk to a qualified lympheodema therapist about massage to help it disperse before the bugs get entrenched! Good luck.