Painful lump/spots after lumpectomy not going away?

I had painful serums on both sides after lumpectomy. One went away after a few weeks from draining. The other took 2 months of packing at the Dr's office every day and put of my radiation . After radiation I had burns and the hospital had me use Covidien Xeroform Petrolatum which was expensive but worked wonders. Around 3 months afterwards I got Lymphodema which was very painful since many of lymph nodes were removed.. I went to OT for a month and now wear compression bra, do stretch exercises every morning, and massage 2ce a day. If you had any lymph nodes removed, do keep an eye out for lymphodema. Good luck.

Hello - this is Mulkey 518 - In 2014 I had a lumpectomy (three (3) small lumps removed. But after surgery I still had pain in the same place that I had prior to breast cancer surgery. Every appointment back to surgeon I complained and she would say it was the seroma (fluid fiilled in hole that was were lumpss were. Annually I would have the Mammogram and Ultrasound and each year they would say that the seroma is going down slowly. Well in April of 2023 a lump appeared on the outside of my surigical breast; it was itchy and painful. I got to shorten the story up before I run out of characters. WELL 10/17/23 (after a biopsy was performed) it was confirmed that I have a new RARE blood vessel cancer called Angiosarcoma. It was a delayed side affect to the 6 week radiation that I had back in 2014. I have been in pain for 9 years. Now this cancer is bad and aggressive. Who ever heard of anyone getting Radiation Cancer. Very little information on this cancer. Now i have to go back and have cancer surgery to have my breast removed and get chemotherpy - I am 73 years old. Sometimes doctors look at the age and mind think that a 73 year old person has lived their life - just go home and enjoy the rest of your life. But I am going to do the surgery if I can. I am currently scheduled for CT Scans, Brain scans to see if the cancer has spread. I am praying to God that it has not. I am so devestated and hurt. So I say to all who experience pain after breast cancer surgery don't let the doctor keep telling you that it is scar tissue, or the seroma or whatever - be presistence and get a second opinion (which I failed at. thank you for letting me vent. I just want to inform all of you and not to scare you. Nobody wants to walk in my shoes. Be very vigilant about your health cause if you don't nobody will because nobody knows what your body is going through but you. May God continue to Bless all of you.

Hello - this is Mulkey 518 - In 2014 I had a lumpectomy (three (3) small lumps removed. But after surgery I still had pain in the same place that I had prior to breast cancer surgery. Every appointment back to surgeon I complained and she would say it was the seroma (fluid fiilled in hole that was were lumpss were. Annually I would have the Mammogram and Ultrasound and each year they would say that the seroma is going down slowly. Well in April of 2023 a lump appeared on the outside of my surigical breast; it was itchy and painful. I got to shorten the story up before I run out of characters. WELL 10/17/23 (after a biopsy was performed) it was confirmed that I have a new RARE blood vessel cancer called Angiosarcoma. It was a delayed side affect to the 6 week radiation that I had back in 2014. I have been in pain for 9 years. Now this cancer is bad and aggressive. Who ever heard of anyone getting Radiation Cancer. Very little information on this cancer. Now i have to go back and have cancer surgery to have my breast removed and get chemotherpy - I am 73 years old. Sometimes doctors look at the age and mind think that a 73 year old person has lived their life - just go home and enjoy the rest of your life. But I am going to do the surgery if I can. I am currently scheduled for CT Scans, Brain scans to see if the cancer has spread. I am praying to God that it has not. I am so devestated and hurt. So I say to all who experience pain after breast cancer surgery don't let the doctor keep telling you that it is scar tissue, or the seroma or whatever - be presistence and get a second opinion (which I failed at. thank you for letting me vent. I just want to inform all of you and not to scare you. Nobody wants to walk in my shoes. Be very vigilant about your health cause if you don't nobody will because nobody knows what your body is going through but you. May God continue to Bless all of you.

Hello - this is Mulkey 518 - In 2014 I had a lumpectomy (three (3) small lumps removed. But after surgery I still had pain in the same place that I had prior to breast cancer surgery. Every appointment back to surgeon I complained and she would say it was the seroma (fluid fiilled in hole that was were lumpss were. Annually I would have the Mammogram and Ultrasound and each year they would say that the seroma is going down slowly. Well in April of 2023 a lump appeared on the outside of my surigical breast; it was itchy and painful. I got to shorten the story up before I run out of characters. WELL 10/17/23 (after a biopsy was performed) it was confirmed that I have a new RARE blood vessel cancer called Angiosarcoma. It was a delayed side affect to the 6 week radiation that I had back in 2014. I have been in pain for 9 years. Now this cancer is bad and aggressive. Who ever heard of anyone getting Radiation Cancer. Very little information on this cancer. Now i have to go back and have cancer surgery to have my breast removed and get chemotherpy - I am 73 years old. Sometimes doctors look at the age and mind think that a 73 year old person has lived their life - just go home and enjoy the rest of your life. But I am going to do the surgery if I can. I am currently scheduled for CT Scans, Brain scans to see if the cancer has spread. I am praying to God that it has not. I am so devestated and hurt. So I say to all who experience pain after breast cancer surgery don't let the doctor keep telling you that it is scar tissue, or the seroma or whatever - be presistence and get a second opinion (which I failed at. thank you for letting me vent. I just want to inform all of you and not to scare you. Nobody wants to walk in my shoes. Be very vigilant about your health cause if you don't nobody will because nobody knows what your body is going through but you. May God continue to Bless all of you.

It sounds like you've just been through a lot with two surgeries, radiation and shingles. I had a mastectomy, not lumpectomy, but with my recurrent breast cancer in my chest, I had that tumor removed which would be more similar to your lumpectomy. I had radiation after the chest tumor removal. I had shingles 2.5 weeks after my mastectomy. I will say that I was constantly asking my doctors why this felt lumpy and that felt lumpy -- year after year. Nothing was flat as I had imagined it would be. No one ever really gave me a good answer. I heard scars, bone and some double-talk. I also still get random sharp pains 2.5 years after the chest wall tumor was removed. Had stabbing pains for years along my mastectomy scars, but I do have a keloid scarring disorder and had injections to stop that pain. I also have really bad tenderness where the chest wall tumor was removed 2.5 years ago and along my sides and parts of my chest 10 years after the mastectomy. I always assumed I was unique since I have a painful scarring disorder and a rare neuropathy that causes a lot of pain. However, in 10 years none of my providers that I ask about lumps, ridges, pains, tenderness, numbness ever seem surprised or concerned. I'm also curious to see how others respond here. Note: my recurrent cancer was not where I was complaining about lumps or tenderness. I didn't take an AI based on bad advice from my original oncologist and my current oncologist says I should have.

All that being said, that's me, every body reacts differently and we didn't have the exact same surgery. I had to look up seroma and that sounds viable and says it's common after breast surgery. If anything feels wrong to you, keep asking your providers about it and request another mammogram, MRI, ultrasound -- something to see what's going on. Even if nothing is wrong, worrying about it will drain you. If your team is not able to answer your questions to your satisfaction, seek a second opinion. Better safe than sorry. I hope it all settles down soon. Your post-radiation skin will go back to normal eventually. Radiation also gave me a lot of nerve pain toward the end of treatment. Wishing you the best.

Fast forward my MD ordered an ultrasound and mammo for the seroma/scar tissue just to confirm. The radiologist saw tissue in the seroma and couldn't confirm that it was just a seroma so ordered a biopsy. The ultrasound pre biopsy saw an additional seroma (I had been telling them it seemed like 2 seperate lumpy areas) and so she punch biopsied both and also aspirated both to test fluid.

Thankfully all came back clear. Fat necrosis, scar tissue. Huge relief and thankful for the confirmation.

Hello - this is Mulkey 518 - In 2014 I had a lumpectomy (three (3) small lumps removed. But after surgery I still had pain in the same place that I had prior to breast cancer surgery. Every appointment back to surgeon I complained and she would say it was the seroma (fluid fiilled in hole that was were lumpss were. Annually I would have the Mammogram and Ultrasound and each year they would say that the seroma is going down slowly. Well in April of 2023 a lump appeared on the outside of my surigical breast; it was itchy and painful. I got to shorten the story up before I run out of characters. WELL 10/17/23 (after a biopsy was performed) it was confirmed that I have a new RARE blood vessel cancer called Angiosarcoma. It was a delayed side affect to the 6 week radiation that I had back in 2014. I have been in pain for 9 years. Now this cancer is bad and aggressive. Who ever heard of anyone getting Radiation Cancer. Very little information on this cancer. Now i have to go back and have cancer surgery to have my breast removed and get chemotherpy - I am 73 years old. Sometimes doctors look at the age and mind think that a 73 year old person has lived their life - just go home and enjoy the rest of your life. But I am going to do the surgery if I can. I am currently scheduled for CT Scans, Brain scans to see if the cancer has spread. I am praying to God that it has not. I am so devestated and hurt. So I say to all who experience pain after breast cancer surgery don't let the doctor keep telling you that it is scar tissue, or the seroma or whatever - be presistence and get a second opinion (which I failed at. thank you for letting me vent. I just want to inform all of you and not to scare you. Nobody wants to walk in my shoes. Be very vigilant about your health cause if you don't nobody will because nobody knows what your body is going through but you. May God continue to Bless all of you.

Hello - this is Mulkey 518 - In 2014 I had a lumpectomy (three (3) small lumps removed. But after surgery I still had pain in the same place that I had prior to breast cancer surgery. Every appointment back to surgeon I complained and she would say it was the seroma (fluid fiilled in hole that was were lumpss were. Annually I would have the Mammogram and Ultrasound and each year they would say that the seroma is going down slowly. Well in April of 2023 a lump appeared on the outside of my surigical breast; it was itchy and painful. I got to shorten the story up before I run out of characters. WELL 10/17/23 (after a biopsy was performed) it was confirmed that I have a new RARE blood vessel cancer called Angiosarcoma. It was a delayed side affect to the 6 week radiation that I had back in 2014. I have been in pain for 9 years. Now this cancer is bad and aggressive. Who ever heard of anyone getting Radiation Cancer. Very little information on this cancer. Now i have to go back and have cancer surgery to have my breast removed and get chemotherpy - I am 73 years old. Sometimes doctors look at the age and mind think that a 73 year old person has lived their life - just go home and enjoy the rest of your life. But I am going to do the surgery if I can. I am currently scheduled for CT Scans, Brain scans to see if the cancer has spread. I am praying to God that it has not. I am so devestated and hurt. So I say to all who experience pain after breast cancer surgery don't let the doctor keep telling you that it is scar tissue, or the seroma or whatever - be presistence and get a second opinion (which I failed at. thank you for letting me vent. I just want to inform all of you and not to scare you. Nobody wants to walk in my shoes. Be very vigilant about your health cause if you don't nobody will because nobody knows what your body is going through but you. May God continue to Bless all of you.