Post mastectomy seroma refilling, paused radiotherapy - anyone else experienced?

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Hi - i have had chemotherapy, mastectomy and now half way through radiotherapy.

After mastectomy I developed a seroma which was drained before starting radiotherapy.

It has refilled during radiotherapy meaning I have had to stop and be rescanned and now

waiting for restart date. Would be pleased to hear from anyone who has had a similar experience

and is it likely to be an ongoing issue (seroma refilling)

  • Hi   I'm one of the champions here in this group and I noticed your post hasn't had any replies yet, the site is busy and it's dropped down after few pages. My reply will bump it back to the top and hopefully someone with the right experience will be along soon.

    My own radiotherapy was delayed due to a seroma, but I didn't have it drained and it reduced by itself thankfully, so I can imagine your situation would be even more frustrating.  You might ask your medical team if there is anything you can do to reduce the risk of the seroma coming back or to help it reduce more quickly.  I hope you get restarted again soon, best wishes 

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