Bilateral mastectomy w/ expanders. PS back into right breast due to bleeding. Wk 3 drains out. Wk 5.5 lost right nipple. Wk 6.5 incision area not healed draining thin-yellowish-clear fluid. Today breast filled w/ fluid, slight draining & painful. No temp & on keflex as precaution. I have a great PS that doesn't seem worried about the fluid but I am. Armpit & breast painful and engorged. Will see PS again in 7 days. Do I need to worry & start thinking no recnstrct?
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your question.I recommend that you discuss this question with your surgeon. Your surgeon is your best resource as he/she is most familiar with your medical history and how you are healing at this time. For my patients, they must be off all pain medication, anxiety medications a...
I am sorry that you have to go through this ordeal, but at this point, it is important to try to save the remaining skin on the breast for a good reconstruction. The picture shows that the implant is ready to be exposed. It would be good to know if an ADM was used. The current implant needs to...
Thanks for posting the photo. i can see you have had a left mastectomy and implant reconstruction and it looks like there was a symmetrising procedure on the right (wise-pattern reduction mammoplasty). It is a difficult problem to deal with and requires a very high level of expertise. I am not...