tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28330140.post114850410702573530..comments2009-01-20T22:10:14.962ZMarjorynoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28330140.post-29316167914537154182008-12-29T03:38:00.000Z2008-12-29T03:38:00.000ZNext week is my one year anniversary of my mastectomy AND I still have a seroma. The drain volume is about 10-20 cc/day so I use cut up sanitary napkins to absorb the fluid. There is a hole in my chest which has healed open so that it is a permanent drain hole. I have consulted many doctors and a couple of plastic surgeons suggested moving either muscle or fat tissue into the seroma to see if it would heal. To last this long is a very rare happening. The fluid has been tested twice and there are no malignant cells. I don't want more surgery but what to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28330140.post-20972592691474629792008-12-19T11:12:00.000Z2008-12-19T11:12:00.000Z8 weeks after sugery still having two visits a week to drain fluid, 500ml at a time. Have been told it will take "a while", how long is "a while" So pleased that I found your site, thanks, helped me a lotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28330140.post-41159966785383493082008-03-17T02:40:00.000Z2008-03-17T02:40:00.000ZThe doctor left my mastectomy drain in for four weeks before removing even though it was still putting out between 60 to 100 cc per day. She was worried about infection and so was I. I go twice a week to have the seroma drained for the past 4 weeks with no end in sight. The doctor has suggested another drain if I get tired of all this, but the drain is so much trouble, I would rather just try to put up with the aspiration for another few weeks. Current discharge averages 30 to 45 cc/day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28330140.post-1162375472274143692006-11-01T10:04:00.000Z2006-11-01T10:04:00.000ZDeveloped seroma, which ruptured a blood vessel, requiring emergency surgery (3 weeks after reconstruction surgery). Then, 10 weeks later, developed seroma again, withdrew 250 cc fluid, put in a J-P drain, which is still draining 30cc/day after 5 weeks. Is their any end in sight? What else could possibly be done?thankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173182679991277932noreply@blogger.com