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I was newly diagnosed with ductile carcinoma.

Breast Cancer | Last Active: 18 hours ago | Replies (6)
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@barbjean

I recently was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. I underwent a lumpectomy and lymph node removal, sentinel and 2 others from left side of breast. I am 2 weeks post op and am having lots of swelling at the incision site and some pain. It is not red or hot to the touch and shows no sign of infection. The swelling is almost the size of a ping pong ball and is across the entire incision site. I have my 2-week post op tomorrow to have this checked out. Is this normal?

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Chris, Volunteer Mentor | @auntieoakley | 1 day ago

Hello, welcome to connect. I would say this is pretty common. Not exactly normal, but I hear about it a lot. I also had this, in my case and most of the ones I know about it is seroma. A build up of serum and blood where the body pushes this to a site of injury, in this case surgical. Mine took a little time but went away on its own, as the body slowly broke it down and reabsorbed it.
I have heard of folks getting a drain for this. I am glad you are seeing the doctor tomorrow.
How are you doing since your surgery?

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