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Chelee · 12-01-2006, 11:52 PM

I had fluid in my mastectomy site. It caused pain. My surgeon said it was a seroma & had it drained. Everything I read on these show they usually show up right away...not months later as mine did. I had it drained & it was instant relief. But it has already filled up again in no time.

My surgeon said we won't be draining it again...let the body absorb it. The first time mine showed up it was there for at least 3 months...so will my body really take care of it in time? The ultrasound tech told me these sometimes have to be drained several times. I wouldn't mind waiting if it wasn't causing me pain. One spot burns all the time & the pain runs into the axilla area.

Has any of you had to deal with one of these seroma's? I wondered about mine actually being a seroma as it was thick, gooney & bloodly. (Not clear fluid like it says a seroma should be.) But my surgeon said it was one regardless of the color of fluid.

Have any of you had your body absorb it in time? Did the pain go away? I feel so much pressure in there...its making me misrable.

Chelee

12-01-2006, 11:52 PM	#1
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Seroma... I had fluid in my mastectomy site. It caused pain. My surgeon said it was a seroma & had it drained. Everything I read on these show they usually show up right away...not months later as mine did. I had it drained & it was instant relief. But it has already filled up again in no time. My surgeon said we won't be draining it again...let the body absorb it. The first time mine showed up it was there for at least 3 months...so will my body really take care of it in time? The ultrasound tech told me these sometimes have to be drained several times. I wouldn't mind waiting if it wasn't causing me pain. One spot burns all the time & the pain runs into the axilla area. Has any of you had to deal with one of these seroma's? I wondered about mine actually being a seroma as it was thick, gooney & bloodly. (Not clear fluid like it says a seroma should be.) But my surgeon said it was one regardless of the color of fluid. Have any of you had your body absorb it in time? Did the pain go away? I feel so much pressure in there...its making me misrable. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.