Seroma

Hi Valkay , hopefully you have already now seen your oncologist and had some reassurance? Just thought I’d reply to send a hug and bump your post up again. Many people here have posted about seromas and they do seem to resolve but can take time. I didn’t have one but did have a rather huge and unsightly haematoma. The breast nurses kept an eye on it and luckily I escaped it having to be drained. It was slow to resolve but did eventually just get reabsorbed. Re driving, everyone is different so it’s hard to generalise. I didn’t feel ready to drive until 4 weeks after my op, it was one long incision down the side of my breast for evicting the lump and sampling the sentinel nodes. Much bigger than I’d expected! But healed fine in the end. Love and hugs, HFxx 

Hello, I’ve also had a lumpectomy recently but no seroma…just wanted to reply to say you’ve been super brave - your optimism will of course have been knocked, we have been through so much! It is normal to feel every kind of feeling during this whole experience. I am still unable to drive but know that I will in time. Trying to rest, rest and rest is frustrating but my mantra is ‘invest now, save later’. Hope you’re feeling better very soon x

Thank you so much - and 

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BWBCancer posted BLOKES WITH BREAST CANCER in Breast cancer forum > General Discussion. 1 hour ago

Oncologist wants me for 5x radiation when I'm seroma free etc and then 5 years endocrine therapy - is it Letrazole?  As I'm on HRT it's a bit worst nightmare!  Thanks again.  A picture here if shoes. Can't get rid of!  It's covering my thanks to respondents to my post.

Quick pop in - burning sensation - I had this, like carpet burn. Very common I think xxxx

Brilliant, thank you x

And btw the feet in your earlier post are from my username I think! I chose feet as I love walking. 
And re the carpet burn feeling (if that’s what yours is like), I was told it was due to nerves being disturbed during surgery. I think there’s a fair bit of delving around when they’re evicting the lump and finding the sentinel nodes. The side of my armpit was numb at first followed by the carpet burn sensation. Really quite unpleasant and I had to wear loose clothing to avoid aggravating it. It was all a lot more ‘physical’ than I’d anticipated. But healed fine in the end. I got anxious about the length of the gap between op and radiotherapy (had been told initially that it would be 6 weeks). But in the end I was glad to have 10 weeks of healing. Love and hugs, HFxx

Ive cut the tie off a soft sock and it eases the burning to wear it as a sleeve!  I am shocked by the level of pain/discomfort. I've been sick all day today and I think it's stress and fear. Hope will recover for this evening. Thanks for your help.x