Following a lumpectomy and just prior to radiation I had fluid in the breast and 200cc were drained off and
another 100 cc two days later, the day I started radiation. I could feel and see the breast enlarge during the
7 weeks and knew the fluid was building but they didn't want to drain it because of possible infection.
After the booster doses of radiation I was quite enlarged and I had two more sessions of draining over the next
month or 2. They recommended a compression bra and I've worn a tight regular bra with extra pad for pressure but the fluid now is leaking into the bra and this month I'm getting a bloody fluid. Just a light red and very watery. the
fluid comes from the nipple and has no odor, there is no pain except from pressure when my arm might press on
the breast in bed or if I lay on that side. the incision is on the side of the arm. There is a VERY hard lump about the size of a golfball. The doctor assures me that is just the fluid buildup and it's the size of 2 eggs. When he drains it the lump diminishes somewhat but is still there and I don't know why, if it's the fluid, why the lump doesn't
go away when the breast is drained. Of course my question is what is going on, where is the fluid coming from so consitently and now what is the bloody drainage I sometimes get. I wear an old man's T-shirt to bed to catch the fluid if it leaks out of the bra and I sometimes have drenched the shirt on one side and other times it's spots here and there.
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