Dear Doctors, I had a preventive mastectomy on Sept. 20th. I found immediately that I had a lot of bruises around the wounds and on my wrist. One week later, the date when I suppose to have the drain moved, my surgeon told me that the blood was not drained well, but she did not want to open it. She tried to drain it with niddles, but did not work well. She keeps the drain on me and I went to see her again on Oct. 3rd. up to this time, I got about 25ml drain of blood everyday. My surgeon told me not to worry, since the wound did not look worse and the blood was "old blood". I went to see her again on Oct. 6th, and the same story as above. She asked me to go back and see her again on Oct. 12th.
Now, I still have the drain on me (18 days after my surgery), everyday, there is about 25ml drain of dark color blood. I have more bruises now between my leg and stomach.
Would you please let me know how come I have so much "old blood" coming out everyday and why I have so many bruises and I feel ache many places between my shoulder and thigh on the side of my surgery. Shall I worry about these signs? (by the way, I had Mastectomy on the other side two years ago and had chemos and radiations during that time).
I really appreciate your help. Have a wonderful day!