Had mastectomy two weeks ago and now have a large Seroma. Can someone share there experience with this if any please.
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hi
I had a huge amount of seroma and the hospital I was at didn't use drains, so I had to have it manually drained and large batches of antibiotics.
It took months to settle down but it did eventually.
Head on over to the breast group and join in with the discussions there, you'll feel less alone.
There's lots of topics and chats.
Carolyn
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