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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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Hi Adrienne,
I had a wide local excision on July 21 and had quite a lot of fluid build up. We had a group physio session and they talked to us about massaging arms and chest area. I started massaging the breast area to move the fluid a few times a day and it helped. I did end up having an infection and had to go on antibiotics but I still kept up the massage to keep the fluid moving. I had a few appointments with the oncology Dr's and they too said to massage to move the fluid. The fluid has moved and feeling more normal sized now
I had a wide local excision on July 21 and had quite a lot of fluid build up. We had a group physio session and they talked to us about massaging arms and chest area. I started massaging the breast area to move the fluid a few times a day and it helped. I did end up having an infection and had to go on antibiotics but I still kept up the massage to keep the fluid moving. I had a few appointments with the oncology Dr's and they too said to massage to move the fluid. The fluid has moved and feeling more normal sized now