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Fluid buildup after lumpectomy
Hello
I had my lumpectomy on Aug 4th and over the last 2 weeks my breast is quite painful from fluid building up.My surgeon told me that he could put in a drain if I wanted to but that the fluid wo...
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I had some fluid build up under my arm after my surgery. It was really painful so I went into the er (it was late at night) and luckily one of my surgeons registrars that had seen me previously was working that night. She said its better not to drain it if we don't need to as making an incision gives us a higher chance of infection. They gave me some stronger painkillers and sent me home with an appointment to see the surgeon in a weeks time but by then it had gone down and wasn't a problem.