I had a mx and node removal 11days ago. I had pain soreness around drain, really hurt when it came out ( nurse said doesn’t usually hurt) the pain hasn’t gone a week later. It’s worse , was intermittent but has got worse since dressings removed yesterday. Pain killers not touching it, only thing that helps is pressing on it quite hard with heart cushion. Can’t sleep as it’s seems worse and constant. No redness etc around the wound. Spoke to breast nurse this morning who thought it might be fluid or maybe a nerve and wasn’t overly concerned. I’m getting a bit panicked now and the pain is awful. Anyone had this.
Hi Noushie
Sorry to here your problems I had trouble with my drain. It got blocked and when they took it out it gushed for two hours before DN could stop it.Then I got a seroma basically my body filling missing part with fluid. I had to have this drained a number of times in ultrasound.i had a gripping nerve pain in my side which was excruciating. Apparently if it's a nerve they can give you gabepentin a nerve blocker. Keep asking for help if not settling. Fluid build up is painful too. X
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