Complications after fat grafting

Researching leads me to believe they may be lipomas or fatty filled cysts...or at least that's what I hope!  SO (surgical oncologist) said they were concerning,but not alarming...but if they are concerning to him, then they are alarming to me!  They feel like  a bunch of grapes.  There were 3, then 4, now more.  PS said lumps occur in about 5-10 percent of cases, but not usually this soon.  PS and SO work together often, but they don't always agree 100%.  MO just said to keep him updated on what SO decides.  I hate the waiting game  I am supposed to wait 2 more weeks, but I see PS next Monday.  If they are still there, I am going to call SO and play dumb and pretend that the 3 weeks he told me to wait was 3 weeks from when they appeared...at least maybe I can find out more of what the plan is to address them.  Wait and see versus ultrasound versus needle aspiration versus surgery all have big bearings on my work schedule and summer plans!

Thanks for your comments and thoughts.

SophiaMarie, I'll keep you posted.  I've got about 5 lumps now, and my biggest concern (other than the remote possibility of BC again so soon) is that I will not be able to assess for new lumps while these are here.  Let me know how your lump fares.  I hope it goes away on its own.

Let me know what he says.  I see PS next Monday, so I'll see what he has to say as well.

SophiaMarie, Great news!  I see my PS on Monday and then have to call BS back later that week or the next week to decide on what action he wants to take.  We'll see.  I am sure they are likely not cancer, but there are a lot of them and they are in the area where cancer would be the most likely to recur, so I will not really know if anything changes.

I do think our life now is always watching and waiting and worrying.  I went to PS today and he agreed that the lumps seem a little bigger and/or more numerous than last time.  He told me to contact BS today and not wait the extra week (BS had said call back in 3 weeks if they're not gone) so that he can set up an ultrasound to double check them.  I called at 9 am this morning.  Here it is 3:30 in the afternoon and no phone call back from nurse.  That is unfortunately the norm, but I know from making a second call once prior, the nurse will have a hissy fit and yell if I call again. This surgeon is the best around here; I just wish he had a nicer nurse with a better track record for returning calls.  I hate this waiting and wondering if my message ever got through.

They do kind of feel like cysts, so I am thinking (and hoping) that's what they are.  I just wish my doctors would quit messing around and just order an ultrasound to confirm it.  I wish I had never had the fat grafting done because the lumps are right where the greatest concern would be for a recurrence and I am so worried about not being able to find new lumps.  I am so glad to hear that yours resolved on their own!

BS did a fine needle aspiration biopsy yesterday (first they were going to wait another month and I told them not a chance...I was getting a second opinion).  I should have the results tomorrow.  Hoping and praying for confirmation of fat necrosis.  I really just want to know exactly what it is so that I can know when to expect it to go away.  I do not like the stress of extra lumps and bumps.

Julieped, My breasts were swollen for about 10-14 days.  My lumps appeared around day 7...most people do not get lumps, so hopefully your swelling will decrease here in the next week or so, and you'll be more comfortable soon.  I was more bruised and swollen than I expected.