I had a single mastectomy and immediate DIEP reconstruction just over 2 weeks ago. Recovery was going pretty well until a few days ago, when I started to notice hard lumps. They don’t hurt when pressed, but overall make my breast ache terribly - particularly towards the end of the day. I’m normally a DD cup so am wondering whether it’s the weight of the newly constructed breast, the wrong sort of bra, or just one of those things. The worst lumps are on the outside edge of the breast, close to the arm pit, and include one that is near where the breast drain was inserted. I’ve tried massage but that doesn’t seem to help.
My surgeon was adamant that I needed to wear the bra as tight as possible, with the straps pulled up, so that I got really good support. Wondering whether I’ve done this too much and caused the problem. Because of my size I invested in proper mastectomy bras, but he bottom and side edges seem to be just in the wrong place.
Sod’s law means that the lumps appeared just after my follow up appointment at the hospital - it’s one and a quarter hours away so not easy to pop back. Spoke with the BCN who says she thinks it’s probably necrosis, but nothing to worry about as the lumps are relatively small..Still worried though!!
Interested to know if anyone has experienced the same and found it disappeared eventually by itself, when it needs further investigation and crucially, when I can expect the breast not to feel like a bazooka!
