I had mine in for what seemed like an eternity... Finally I told the doctor and nurse navigator that I had made plans and needed the drain out so I could start chemo. They said, "you might have a seroma where the drain is..." I said I would own that. The doctor conceded, the nurse pulled it out, and I was ever so happy. I agree with you that the drain is incredibly annoying and for me was more painful than the recovery from surgery. My issue was my activity level was very high and the drain volume wasn't going down. I wasn't willing to back off all of the stuff that I was doing so I negotiated...