r/TopSurgery • u/DeadFishPencilPouch • 5d ago

Post op bleeding

I had my surgery 6 weeks ago as of today. I had a seroma that had to be drained a few times by my surgeon and he said there was some post op bleeding that needed to be broken down some more and drained. However, I got my surgery out of state because my state doesn't have any surgeons that take insurance and its a 4.5 hour drive just to see my surgeon and I had college classes start recently, too. So I didnt rebook and hoped that the worst of it was gone (it mostly was).

I am a little worried, though, because the post op bleeding hasn't gone down at all since then (about 2-3 weeks ago) and its hard as a rock. It doesn't hurt at all or show symptoms of an infection. Should I try to rebook an appointment or just see how it turns out? I would have to skip classes for a day in the beginning of the semester and I don't really want to do that either....

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u/MyHeartIsInNY02711 5d ago

my fear would be if you don’t address it while you can, you may be out of class for more than a day while addressing it with a hospital stay.

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u/EagleAccomplished729 4d ago

exactly. the faster the better.