Seromas

FormerMember over 3 years ago

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I had my op on Tuesday 15th Feb. By Saturday I had my first seroma coming up, by Monday it was huge , this was where the lymph nodes came out. Had it aspirated on the Wednesday, it started leaking like a tap on the way home and thevswlling was up again by bedtime.

So aspirated again on the Monday, back up again that night, Tuesday morning I had a new seroma above my lumpectomy.

Had to wait till the following Monday to get them done, by the surgeon this time as it was results day ( I am clear of cancer now)

But by the night both seroma were coming back again

Not as big as before but still painful.

I am booked for next Tuesday to get them done again

I have been told this will settle eventually.

Anyone had this happen so often? It's a good 20 miles each way to get it done and have to wait for someone to pick up the message and give me an appointment

Also noticed today that the skin above the lumpectomy has really changed, might be the better lighting where I stayed last night but I don't think so. I thought skin changes were a sign of cancer didn't think over 3 weeks after the op it would change.

FormerMember over 3 years ago

Hi there I had my mastectomy last June and all axillary nodes removed.

I then went on to have a seroma which unfortunately became infected. I had 3 courses of antibiotics and 4 or 5 lots of draining like you, I had to drive about 20 miles each way and it certainly took over my life for a few weeks. Its since cleared up (maybe 2/3 months). I do have a slight puffiness sti but it's been checked out.

Hope this helps. X

JAL over 3 years ago

Hi - I had a lumpectomy and SNB followed by another op for lymph node clearance. I had a drain for 5 days but when this was removed the seroma started. I ended up having this aspirated every couple of days for 3 weeks (36 mile round trip each time) - it does wear you down ….. but it will settle. My radiotherapy was delayed because the of the ongoing seroma issue which was very frustrating but the radiotherapy team wanted to wait until it was under control. I used a rolled up sock and stuffed it in my bra and under my arm every time the seroma was aspirated and it gradually did have an impact. Keep the pressure on the impacted area and it should improve - mine took over 7 weeks. Good luck

FormerMember over 3 years ago in reply to JAL

Thankyou for that, so I am being impatient at 4 weeks. Going today to get done again they are small compared to previous ones but they hurt more. Ironically I decided to go braless again yesterday and found they seem to have gone down some more, I think the pressure of my bra was doing the opposite to what you experienced. And yes I havnt had it mentioned but I do wonder if its the reason I havnt heard from the oncologist yet.

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