For 22 months upon awakening from bilateral masectomy and placement of extenders (removed 3/26/16. Radiation and 36 rounds chemo. Dibilitating chestcwall pain and nerve pain every day . The flap on my chest is so intense tight and a Seroma continues /aspiration required . I'm at my wits end. My doctors (plastic, general surgeon) along with pain doctors in Orlando/Tampa FL unable to help. Risk of surgery versus more pain! I want this beast removed. Suffering this way is agonizing.
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Thank you for your question. Choosing the surgeon you feel most comfortable performing your prophylactic mastectomy is certainly an important personal decision. As someone who has trained in both general surgery and plastic surgery and practices in the LA area, both mastectomy and breast r...
Is the drainage clear and yellow in color? Or cloudy like milk at all? If it is clear and yellow, and there is no plastic expander or implant in place, it's probably safe to remove it and to give your body a chance to see if it will not make fluid on its own. If it does, it can be drained. If...
I am sure you are treated by now but for others with similar symptoms, please seek consultation immediately if you experience pain, redness with or without fever at any time after mastectomy and reconstruction. This is likely an infection. It is very unlikely to be recurrent cancer. Lymph node...