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  • aisling8
    aisling8 CSN Member Posts: 1,627 Member
    #22
    Cher123 said:

    Seroma opened up after Mammo
    New here so, hope I'm doing this right. I had a lumpectomy with mammosite radiation and at my 6 month mammo I feel she squeezed me so hard it created a problem. Was told I had a Seroma at the tumor site, well 2 days later it became red,hard,and inflamed. Two days after that it opened up and all this fluid came out. The surgeon enlarged the opening (ouch), and I had to pack it for 2 weeks while it healed. I was feeling pretty good at the 6 month mark, and this was a major set back. Any one else ever heard of this after a mammo? My doctors have not seen this happen after having a mammo. Needless to say, scared to have another mammo!!

    Seroma/hematoma almost gone

    Well, first, let me say ouch and I hope you're doing better, Cher123. That sounds awful. I'm sorry that happened to you.

    I saw the surgeon again this morning. Last week she renamed the seroma, said it was now a hematoma and gave me antibiotics. The lump is almost all gone and I'm wearing sleeveless blouses and feel much better.

    The Oncotype DX test came back -- I'm a 10. Woo hoo. No chemo. So I've had my first placement appointment and been tatooed for rads. Probably start next week. Have to ask if I should begin the Arimidex or wait till done.

    Glad to hear your good pathology report news, KayNYC.

    Take care all,

    Victoria
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  • Cher123
    Cher123 CSN Member Posts: 8
    #23
    aisling8 said:

    Seroma/hematoma almost gone

    Well, first, let me say ouch and I hope you're doing better, Cher123. That sounds awful. I'm sorry that happened to you.

    I saw the surgeon again this morning. Last week she renamed the seroma, said it was now a hematoma and gave me antibiotics. The lump is almost all gone and I'm wearing sleeveless blouses and feel much better.

    The Oncotype DX test came back -- I'm a 10. Woo hoo. No chemo. So I've had my first placement appointment and been tatooed for rads. Probably start next week. Have to ask if I should begin the Arimidex or wait till done.

    Glad to hear your good pathology report news, KayNYC.

    Take care all,

    Victoria

    I was praying for a single
    I was praying for a single digit score on my Oncotype DX, and it came back a 9! I was afraid of it being a close call and then questioning if I should do the chemo or not. I'm on Tamoxifen, since I'm not post menapausal. No problem taking it, not even the hot flashes. I go friday for an MRI since I am going on a year (May 7), since my diagnoses, and it has been 6 months since the traumatic mammogram! Getting a little anxious, who am I kidding, A LOT ANXIOUS!!!!

    Glad your lump is almost gone, and good luck with rads and Arimidex.
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  • changes
    changes CSN Member Posts: 1
    #24
    Seroma
    Thank you for this information. It is conforting to know that this is problem that can be rectified. I had a lumpectomy last Friday which went well. The first few days I felt no pain but now I feel constant pain under my arm and in the breast area. I was told by my surgeon that the fluid build up is normal and the body will absorb the fluid. A few days ago I purchased some sport bras but they irritate the underarm area also.
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  • lisalis
    lisalis CSN Member Posts: 2
    #25
    KayNYC said:

    feeling better and dealing with seroma
    Thanks Survivorbc09. After getting my pathology report yesterday (All six nodes negative, mass size = 3mm with clean margins, Stage I) it made it easier to tolerate the inconvenience of the need for aspirations of the seroma twice a week. Yesterday the surgeon drained 100 ccs down from 110 last week. Guess the decrease will be very gradual.I have an appt with the medical oncologist on 4/22. Movin right along and looking forward to the end of radiation treatment when we hope to be able to get away on vacation to Florida and a visit with family before Fall.
    K

    I know i'm a little late
    hi Kay,

    I'm new on this forum. I'm wondering what ever happened with your seroma? Did it go away? How long did it take? I am freaking about mine. I had a lumpectomy and some lymph nodes removed Dec 17th and it seemed like a piece of cake. A week later I had this huge swollen tennis ball under my armpit. My doctor drained it. It started coming back that same night!! Now it is the same as before just 3 days after I had it drained. I have an appt on Mon. to get it drained again! This is really a drag. I am a fitness instructor and I've been working at and it has been really irrating with the rubbing of my arm on that lump. God I hope this isn't permanent.

    lisa
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  • KayNYC
    KayNYC CSN Member Posts: 495 Member
    #26
    lisalis said:

    I know i'm a little late
    hi Kay,

    I'm new on this forum. I'm wondering what ever happened with your seroma? Did it go away? How long did it take? I am freaking about mine. I had a lumpectomy and some lymph nodes removed Dec 17th and it seemed like a piece of cake. A week later I had this huge swollen tennis ball under my armpit. My doctor drained it. It started coming back that same night!! Now it is the same as before just 3 days after I had it drained. I have an appt on Mon. to get it drained again! This is really a drag. I am a fitness instructor and I've been working at and it has been really irrating with the rubbing of my arm on that lump. God I hope this isn't permanent.

    lisa

    It is gone
    The seroma eventually decreased and stopped filling up. It took about two mos. I thought It would never clear up.
    I did however, develop a mild case of Lymphedema in that breast and upper arm. I went for OT/PT for several mos during the late summer. I do manual drainage massage almost daily and it is well controlled with a compression sleeve/glove.
    Can't say for sure that the lymphedema is directly a result of the seroma and it's treatment but I do think they are somehow connected.
    Yes, it is a drag to have that lump rubbing. It will resolve...
    Hugs,K
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  • KayNYC
    KayNYC CSN Member Posts: 495 Member
    #27
    lisalis said:

    I know i'm a little late
    hi Kay,

    I'm new on this forum. I'm wondering what ever happened with your seroma? Did it go away? How long did it take? I am freaking about mine. I had a lumpectomy and some lymph nodes removed Dec 17th and it seemed like a piece of cake. A week later I had this huge swollen tennis ball under my armpit. My doctor drained it. It started coming back that same night!! Now it is the same as before just 3 days after I had it drained. I have an appt on Mon. to get it drained again! This is really a drag. I am a fitness instructor and I've been working at and it has been really irrating with the rubbing of my arm on that lump. God I hope this isn't permanent.

    lisa

    It is gone
    The seroma eventually decreased and stopped filling up. It took about two mos. I thought It would never clear up.
    I did however, develop a mild case of Lymphedema in that breast and upper arm. I went for OT/PT for several mos during the late summer. I do manual drainage massage almost daily and it is well controlled with a compression sleeve/glove.
    Can't say for sure that the lymphedema is directly a result of the seroma and it's treatment but I do think they are somehow connected.
    Yes, it is a drag to have that lump rubbing. It will resolve...
    Hugs,K
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