Recovery after Mastectomy how long?
I'm 12 days post op after mastectomy surgery. No radiation therapy required (very relieved!), MRI on the remaining breast in 4 weeks or so. My GP has completed my income protection forms recommending ...
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Hey Cat @MKitty68, My output had dropped until I had my first drain out (after 10 days) my second drain had been sitting on 24mls - it then shot up to 150mls and then gradually started coming back down. Surgeon wouldn't remove drains until had been under 20 mls for two consecutive days. 8th week it had made it down to 25 mls once then went back to it's usual 40mls and she said enough. I did have pain in the breast but that was because I could actually feel the drain at the bottom of the implant. I also had a pool of fluid sitting to the right of the implant. When the drain was removed surgeon was sure I was going to have a seroma but I was pretty lucky and didn't. It took approx 9-10 months for my body to absorb that fluid (no problems with it though). Hope you get rid of your drain soon. You feel totally liberated once it's gone. Xx