Seroma

I had a large seroma after 2nd drain was removed (no recon) a month post surgery.  There was never any drainage from it to the outside as what my Surgeon said is that a seroma is simply a 'pocket' where the layers do not re-seal to each other after surgery so serum collects in that pocket.  Just serum build up that had to be drained a few times.  You might want to get a culture done on the fluid from the area to be sure there is no infection present.   Or if there is, that the correct antibiotic is used.  Not every antibiotic works on every infection.

See your PS tomorrow and ask a lot of questions.

I too had seromas (yes, plural).  I had one on each side, directly under my breasts, very close to where the drains exited.  They were very disconcerting! And popped up overnight.  They were about 3" in diameter and filled with a blood-tinged liquid.  They broke open quickly and healed rapidly.  Very little pain.  My doctor assured me they were not a serious concern, and he said they were probably a skin response to the adhesive tape around the drain incision. Anyway, hope you get through this part.  Its a little bump on the road!

I had a Seroma that ran under my Mx incision and looked like a wave machine. I could tap it at one side and it would undulate like a waterbed. I had it drained once and I also had an infection, like some of the other posters here. My Surgeon told me it would just disappear on its own. It took a couple of months, but it did reabsorb.

My Mother had an open wound seroma and infection, after her radical Mx in '94, it had to be cleaned out daily by visiting nurses, but it finally closed up and the rest just reabsorbed.