Hi,
I am two weeks on from having the LD reconstruction after finding out I have BRCA1, have been quite surprised at how good I feel but am worried about my right side and wanted to see if anyone has experienced the same things.
After I came out of hospital the right under arm seemed to swell a lot more which seems to have made the breast look smaller than the left side (left side is perfect and healing nicely) i managed to see the surgeon last week who says everything is fine and still in place (i have implants as well) so I felt relieved and went home but as the week has gone I still feel like there is something wrong. Sometimes when I lie down to go to bed I can feel something moving on the right side, which is uncomfortable but never painful. I guess is feels like something has got stuck. It’s making me worry so much and last night I finally had a melt down.
I should mention that when they took the drain out of the right side it bled quite a lot which lead me to stay in hospital an extra night and have been told that this can caue extra swelling a few days later. I also have some funny lumpy parts under the right arm.
I am trying to be patient but it’s so hard playing the waiting game.
Wondered if anyone else had experienced the same?
Thanks
Claire